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100 1  Scholz, Mark,|eauthor. 
245 10 Invasion of the prostate snatchers :|ban essential guide 
       to managing prostate cancer for patients and their 
       families /|cMark Scholz, MD, Ralph H. Blum. 
250    Revised and updated edition. 
264  1 New York :|bOther Press,|c[2021]. 
264  4 |c©2021 
300    vi, 181 pages :|billustrations ;|c22 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    Authors reversed on previous edition. 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 00 |tWelcome to prostate country --|tAll the decision makers 
       are surgeons! --|tThe quest for an enchanted shotgun --
       |tCommuting the death sentence --|tA band of brothers --
       |tIntroducing active surveillance --|tLife in the libido-
       free zone --|tTo biopsy or not to biopsy, opening 
       Pandora's box --|tInvitation to the "ice ball" --|tA new 
       look at radiation --|tNicola Tesla's magical mystery 
       machine --|tSaving your sexuality --|tNow playing for a 
       limited time only : the combidex follies --|tChoosing 
       doctors --|tHexing : the modern sorcerer's curse --|tDiet 
       & exercise --|tBy way of summing up --|tTaking control of 
       your medical destiny. 
520    "Every year almost a quarter of a million confused and 
       frightened American men are tossed into a prostate cancer 
       cauldron stirred by salespeople representing a 
       multibillion-dollar industry. In this flourishing business,
       the radical prostatectomy is still the most widely 
       recommended treatment option. Yet a recent and definitive 
       study in the New England Journal of Medicine concluded 
       that out of the fifty thousand prostate operations 
       performed annually, more than forty thousand are 
       unjustified. But this is no surprise given that 99 percent
       of all doctors treating this disease are surgeons or 
       radiation therapists. The appalling fact is that men are 
       still being rushed into a major operation that rarely 
       prolongs life and more than half the time leaves them 
       impotent. Invasion of the Prostate Snatchers is a report 
       on the latest thinking in prostate cancer therapy: close 
       monitoring— active surveillance rather than surgery or 
       radiation— should be the initial treatment approach for 
       many men. There are three stages of prostate cancer and 
       this book will provide accurate information about how to 
       distinguish between them: Low-Risk, which requires no 
       immediate treatment; Intermediate-Risk, which will benefit
       from surgery, radiation, and/or hormonal therapy; and High
       -Risk, a type that does require immediate treatment with a
       combination of therapies. In a unique collaboration, 
       doctor and patient provide a wholly new perspective on 
       managing this disease. Ralph Blum's account of his 
       personal struggle, together with Dr. Mark Scholz's 
       presentation of new scientific advances, provides 
       convincing evidence that this noninvasive approach can be 
       crucial in preventing tens of thousands of men from being 
       overtreated every year. Invasion of the Prostate Snatchers
       serves as an indispensable map through the medical 
       minefield of prostate cancer." --|cProvided by publisher. 
650  0 Prostate|xCancer. 
650  0 Prostate|xCancer|xTreatment. 
700 1  Blum, Ralph,|d1932-|eauthor.