When a patient is told that his prostate cancer has progressed to a new stage, he has both questions and concerns. Promoting Wellness Beyond Hormone Therapy, Second Edition, is written specifically to answer questions for patients whose prostate cancer is considered “hormone-refractory,” meaning that it no longer responds well to hormone therapy. The book provides a wealth of valuable resources for patients, caregivers, and healthcare professionals alike. • Comprehensive information on the many treatment options currently available • The latest updates on an exciting number of therapies undergoing testing now • Suggestions to patients to lessen or eliminate treatment side effects • “Question-and-Answer” format gives direct responses to patient queries • Health and wellness tips included throughout the book Arm yourself with a wealth of new information to discuss with your healthcare provider!

Promoting Wellness for Prostate Cancer Patients is a unique educational book for individuals dealing with the many aspects of prostate cancer?from prevention to treatment and managing the common (and not so common) side effects of conventional therapy. In this fully updated and redesigned Fourth Edition, Dr. Moyad covers the latest advancements in prostate cancer treatment while providing his trademark no-nonsense analysis on groundbreaking research that is currently underway. A new series of ?Quick Tips” run throughout the book, where Dr. Moyad shares his secrets to improving overall health and vitality. Discover small diet and lifestyle changes that can produce big results. This title is also available in a Spanish edition, Mayor bienestar para los pacientes con cancer prostatico.

Promoting Wellness for Prostate Cancer Patients is a unique educational book for individuals dealing with the many aspects of prostate cancer--from prevention to treatment and managing the common (and not so common) side effects of conventional therapy. The book covers lifestyle and diet changes to improve heart and prostate health.

"When a patient is told that his prostate cancer has progressed to a new stage, he has both questions and concerns. In this second edition of Promoting Wellness Beyond Hormone Therapy, Dr. Mark Moyad provides a wealth of information for patients whose prostate cancer is considered 'hormone-refractory, ' meaning that it no longer responds well to hormone therapy. Dr Moyad outlines the many treatment options currently available, including the latest updates on exciting new therapies. He offers suggestions for patients to lessen or eliminate treatment side effects through lifestyle and diet tips, dietary supplements and over-the-counter options, and prescriptions and medical procedures. The 'Question-and-Answer' format gives direct responses to patient queries, and health-and-wellness tips are included throughout the book."--Back cover.

This book explores in depth the relation between physical activity and cancer control, including primary prevention, coping with treatments, recovery after treatments, long-term survivorship, secondary prevention, and survival. The first part of the book presents the most recent research on the impact of physical activity in preventing a range of cancers. In the second part, the association between physical activity and cancer survivorship is addressed. The effects of physical activity on supportive care endpoints (e.g., quality of life, fatigue, physical functioning) and disease endpoints (e.g., biomarkers, recurrence, survival) are carefully analyzed. In addition, the determinants of physical activity in cancer survivors are discussed, and behavior change strategies for increasing physical activity in cancer survivors are appraised. The final part of the book is devoted to special topics, including the relation of physical activity to pediatric cancer survivorship and to palliative cancer care.