Understanding locally advanced prostate cancer
This audiobook is about locally advanced prostate cancer. This is when the cancer has grown through the capsule surrounding the prostate. It may have started to spread into tissue or organs close by.
The audiobook explains the different treatments for locally advanced prostate cancer and their side effects. It also has information about the feelings you might experience, and how your relationships, work and finances might be affected.
You can also listen to this audiobook on Soundcloud.
In this audiobook
- 1 Information about this audiobook and other support from Macmillan
- 2 Introduction
- 3 About locally advanced prostate cancer
- 4 Staging, grading and risk groups of locally advanced prostate cancer
- 5 Treating locally advanced prostate cancer
- 6 Radiotherapy treatments for locally advanced prostate cancer
- 7 External beam radiotherapy and possible side effects
- 8 Brachytherapy and possible side effects
- 9 Hormonal therapy and possible side effects
- 10 Watchful waiting
- 11 Surgery for prostate cancer
- 12 Recovery and side effects of prostate surgery
- 13 Transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP)
- 14 Clinical trials
- 15 After treatment
- 16 Sex after prostate cancer
- 17 Your feelings
- 18 Relationships
- 19 Work
- 20 Help with money and benefits
- 21 About out information
- 22 Other ways we can help you
- 23 Other useful organisations
- 24 Further resources
- 25 Can you do something to help
- 26 Information about this recording
This audiobook is about locally advanced prostate cancer. This is when the cancer has grown through the capsule surrounding the prostate. It may have started to spread into tissue or organs close by.
The audiobook explains the different treatments for locally advanced prostate cancer and their side effects. It also has information about the feelings you might experience, and how your relationships, work and finances might be affected.
You can also listen to this audiobook on Soundcloud.
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