Treatment of prostate cancer is one of the most controversial
areas in medicine. Considerable disagreement exists among doctors as
to what treatment, if any, is best. The decision to accept treatment
is ultimately up to you. Your decision about treatment is a difficult
one to make, especially when you may get conflicting advice from
different specialists.
While the medical intricacies of the field
of prostate cancer may be beyond what one could master without formal
training, many of the issues to consider when choosing treatment are
judgment calls. They require familiarity with general concepts, not
with detailed medical procedures and statistics. These general
concepts, along with some current medical knowledge, are summarized
inside. This book will give you guidance through a potentially
bewildering maze of conflicting viewpoints.
Kent Wallner is a nationally recognized expert in the treatment
of prostate cancer. He received his M.D. degree from the Ohio State
University. Dr. Wallner did his internship in internal medicine at
Cook County Hospital in Chicago and his residency in radiation oncology
at the University of California, San Francisco. He has been on staff
at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City from
1987 through 1997. He then joined the staff at the University of
Washington in 1997 and serves as Chief of Radiation Oncology at the
Seattle Veterans Administration Hospital.