Prostate Cancer: Understanding the Causes and Treatment Options (How to Defeat Prostate Cancer and Live a Long and Happy Life) (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780995996229)

The book discusses the pros and cons of each effective treatment option. It focuses on chemoradiotherapy, a highly effective, non-invasive treatment that cures prostate cancer and gives the patient a better quality of life with few or no side effects. It also talks about the latest changes in imaging and testing technology for the prostate. In addition, the book describes a variety of symptoms, some of which indicate ailments other than cancer, and what steps should be taken to get a proper diagnosis.

In this book you'll get to know:

• What prostate cancer really is
• Tips to help cope with prostate cancer
• Choice of food you should eat and avoid as a prostate cancer patient
• Questions to ask your healthcare provider
• Dispelling misconceptions/myths about prostate cancer
• Alternative treatments for prostate cancer that might help

The cure to prostate cancer can have debilitating effects on the patient, and they can even go as far as change the way the patient lives forever. Therefore, thinking about treatment should be done for a long time, and options for cure should be seriously checked first.

Although the cancer's growth is slow, it can develop quicker and even latch on blood vessels, metastasizing or spreading throughout the body. If this condition is left untreated, the results can prove fatal.