Author: Pamela Ellsworth, Brett Carswell

Whether you're a newly diagnosed bladder cancer patient, a survivor, or a friend or relative of either, this book offers help. The completely updated and revised 100 Questions & Answers About Bladder Cancer, Second Edition gives you authoritative, practical answers to your questions about current treatment options, post-treatment quality of life, coping strategies, sources of support, and much more. Written by a prominent urologist, with "insider" advice from actual patients, this book is an invaluable resource for anyone coping with the physical and emotional turmoil of this frightening disease.

Table of contents

Part  1  The Basics
Part  2  Diagnosis
Part  3  Treatment
Part  4  Intravesical Therapy
Part  5  Surgery
Part  6  Nonoperative Therapy
Part  7  Metastatic Disease
Part  8  End-of-Life Care

About the authors

Pamela Ellsworth, MD, is an Associate Professor of Urology/Surgery and Pediatrics at the Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. Dr. Ellsworth is a summa cum laude graduate of Boston College and received her MD from The University of Massachusetts Medical School. She completed her Urology residency at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and had a fellowship in Pediatric Urology at the University of Florida-Gainesville. She has been certified and recertified by the American Board of Urology. Dr. Ellsworth is a member of several organisations/medical societies including the American College of Surgeons, the American Urological Association, and the American Academy of Pediatrics. She serves as a reviewer for several medical journals. Dr. Ellsworth has lectured throughout the world on a variety of urologic topics, and has served as a volunteer on surgical and educational missions to Guatemala and East Africa. She is the author of over 40 publications and a similar number of book chapters. She has authored five books including: 100 Questions & Answers about Erectile Dysfunction, 100 Questions & Answers about Prostate Cancer, 100 Questions & Answers About Bladder Cancer, and 100 Questions & Answers About Overactive Bladder and Urinary Incontinence. In addition to her pediatric urology interests, her adult urology interests include overactive bladder, male sexual dysfunction, and prostate cancer.

Brett Carswell, MD, is a graduate of Duke University and the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He is currently conducting research in prostate and bladder cancer prior to being appointed Chief Resident of Urology at the University of Massachusetts in Worcester, MA in July, 2005.

This is a Jones & Bartlett title, distributed throughout Europe by Class Health.