Let Sleeping Dogs Lie? What Men Should Know Before Getting Tested for Prostate Cancer

Chapman, Barratt & Stockler, Simon / Alexandra / Martin

ISBN 10: 1920899685 / ISBN 13: 9781920899684

Published by Sydney University Press, 2010

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This book debunks myths and pays enormous respect to the ability of men to make their own minds up based on the facts. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Self Help & Motivation; Medicine & Health. ISBN: . ISBN/EAN: 9781920899684. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 24781. For further info on this title, click on the "Contact Seller" button within this listing. We will try to reply within 24 hours. Otherwise you can order right now (inclusive of shipping options) from the "Add to Basket" button to the right.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Let Sleeping Dogs Lie? What Men Should Know Before Getting Tested for Prostate Cancer
• Publisher: Sydney University Press
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1920899685
• ISBN 13: 9781920899684
• Binding: Softcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Self Help & Motivation

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Synopsis

Few issues have been as divisive as prostate cancer screening. While some prominent Australian urologists are very active in talking up the importance of prostate cancer screening, few Australians would be aware that no government anywhere in the world has a formal policy supporting prostate cancer screening. Nor would they be aware that aside from some professional urological societies, no reputable cancer control or expert prevention agency anywhere in the world currently recommends screening for the disease. Despite this international expert consensus, de facto screening of populations is well under way, being driven by well-meaning advice about the importance of men becoming more informed about their health. Medical science is today unable to predict with any precision which early discovered prostate cancers will turn out to be those that kill, and particularly which will kill men in middle age. The frontline diagnostic tool in efforts to screen for prostate cancer - the PSA test - is a tool which has very poor ability to find problematic cancers. It finds many benign cancers which could have been left alone. The aim of the book is to provide a detailed examination of the main questions that a man should be asking before deciding to get tested for prostate cancer. It will help men to make informed decisions that best fit their circumstances and temperament. "Let sleeping dogs lie?" is a 'must read' for all men who care about their health, and those who support them.

About the Author

Simon Chapman is professor of public health at the University of Sydney. He is on the board of Cancer Australia; served for 10 years a director of the Cancer Council NSW; and for 20 years on the board of the Australian Consumers Association, publishers of Choice. He has won multiple awards for his international advocacy for tobacco control. Alexandra Barratt is associate professor of epidemiology at the University of Sydney. She investigates ways to help people make more informed choices about their health care, including decisions about screening for breast and prostate cancer. She won two Eureka prizes (2006, 2007) for radio programs on cancer screening and evidence-based medicine. Martin Stockler is associate professor of cancer medicine and clinical epidemiology, and co-director of oncology at the National Health and Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Centre at the University of Sydney. He is a consultant medical oncologist at the Sydney Cancer Centre, Royal Prince Alfred and Concord Repatriation General Hospitals, specialising in cancers of the prostate, bladder, kidney and testis.