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wooden blocks with A B C on them BASIC INFORMATION
the prostate and prostate cancer
 *  THE DIAGNOSTIC BASICS

   
Staging
Grading
PSA

DRE
Partin Tables


 *  THE PROSTATE GLAND
    Where it is and what it looks like

 *  MALE URINARY & SEXUAL SYSTEM
    Drawing shows how it all hooks together

 *  THE CAVERNOUS NERVES
    The object of the nerve-sparing prostatectomy

 *  TESTOSTERONE GLANDS
    They make us men and feed the prostate

 *  A PRIMER ON PROSTATE CANCER
    Takes you through the basics

 *  VIDEOS TO HELP YOU
    Some exclusively at Phoenix5

 *  METASTASES OR "METS"
    What is it? How does it happen?

 *  ADVANCED PCa MENU
MORE BASIC INFO

 *  ADVICE FROM "VETS"
For when it's too confusing and there's too much to understand.

 *  A MESSAGE TO OTHER MEN
This photograph says it

 *  PROSTATE CANCER GLOSSARY
The largest on the Net, with over 500 terms, abbreviations, acronyms & slang words.

 *  WHAT ARE YOUR CHANCES?
Read "The Median is Not The Message" by Stephen Jay Gould

 *  PROSTATE CANCER BOOKS
More than a dozen, with sample excerpts, so you can choose

 *  NCI BOOKLETS
Basic advice from the US National Cancer Institute


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