Intelligent Patient Guide to Prostate Cancer (Paperback or Softback)

Dr. S. Larry Goldenberg is a professor of Urology at the University of British Columbia, co-director of the Vancouver Prostate Centre, Chairman of the UBC Department of Urologic Sciences, consultant at the British Columbia Cancer Agency, Director of the Men s Health Initiative of BC, and staff urologist at the Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada, the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, and the American College of Surgeons. Dr Goldenberg received his MD from the University of Toronto Medical School and completed his surgical training in urology at the University of British Columbia. He was a Terry Fox Research Fellow in Cancer Endocrinology at the British Columbia Cancer Research Center prior to entering practice. He was invested in the Order of British Columbia in 2006 and in the Order of Canada in 2009. Dr.Tom Pickles is a professor in the Department of Radiotherapy and Developmental Radiotherapeutics at the University of British Columbia and a staff radiation oncologist at the BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver Clinic. He has been specializing in the management of prostate cancer for over 20 years. He has taken a particular interest in doctor-patient communication, patient decision-making, screening, and active surveillance. He is credentialed in brachytherapy as well as the use of external radiation for prostate cancer treatment. Dr .Kim N. Chi is a medical oncologist at the BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver Clinic, and the Vancouver Prostate Centre, and an Associate Professor of Medicine with the University of British Columbia. Over the last 10 years he has specialized in the treatment of prostate cancer, and his research is focused on developing new therapies for advanced prostate cancer. At the BC Cancer Agency, he currently is the medical director for the Clinical Trials Unit and chairs the provincial Genitourinary Cancer Tumour Group, which sets the treatment guidelines for the province of British Columbia.