PROSTATE CANCER
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
"Treating Prostate Cancer: A Review of the Research for Adults" is available to read online or download as PDF. Offers information about the disease, treatment option and side effects. Suggests questions to ask yourself and your doctors.
https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/ehc/index.cfm/search-for-guides-reviews-and-reports/?pageAction=displayProduct&productID=2171 - American Cancer Society
The American Cancer Society Prostate Cancer pages provide information about prostate cancer, prevention and early detection, treatment and support, links to research news and clinical trial information. Call 800-227-2345.
http://www.cancer.org/cancer/prostatecancer/index - Cancer.Net
Cancer.Net is produced by the American Society of Clinical Oncology and provides guides to prostate cancer that include an overview, statistics, risk factors and prevention, symptoms and signs, diagnosis, stages, treatment options, clinical trials, latest research, coping with side effects and living with cancer. They also have a free searchable database to find an oncologist. Also available in Spanish.
http://www.cancer.net/cancer-types/prostate-cancer - Cancer Support Community
The Cancer Support Community provides information about cancer, booklets that can be downloaded as PDFs, emotional support, a telephone helpline, cancer support groups, and will help you identify important questions about your treatment options through their "Open to Options" telephone service.
http://www.cancersupportcommunity.org/default.aspx
Download "Frankly Speaking About Prostate Cancer" at https://orders.cancersupportcommunity.org/. Helpline: 888-793-9355 Monday-Friday 9 am to 8 pm (Eastern Time) - Emmi Solutions
Emmi Solutions produces online patient information programs. To review the programs "Low Risk Prostate Cancer Treatment Options" or "Radical Prostatectomy" call 415-353-8400 or email us to arrange to have a link sent to you. - Healthwise Knowledgebase
The "Prostate Cancer: Should I have radiation or surgery for localized prostate cancer?" Decision Point encourages patients to understand their choices so they can talk to their doctor about those choices. Search Healthwise® Knowledgebase within your UCSF MyChart account. Call 415-353-8400 to have a direct link sent to you.
https://ucsfmychart.ucsfmedicalcenter.org/ucsfmychart/ - National Cancer Institute
You can read online or download a PDF of their booklet "What you need to know about prostate cancer" in English or Spanish.
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/wyntk/prostate - National Comprehensive Cancer Network
The NCCN Patient and Caregiver Resources website features booklets with cancer treatment information in easy-to-understand language, links to advocacy and support groups, and cancer specific video libraries.
http://www.nccn.org/patients/guidelines/cancers.aspx#prostate - Nutrition & Prostate Cancer
Learn how nutrition may reduce the incidence of prostate cancer and help reduce the risk of prostate cancer progression in this 65 page booklet produced by the Ida & Joseph Friend Cancer Resource Center.
http://cancer.ucsf.edu/_docs/crc/nutrition_prostate.pdf - MedlinePlus
Produced by the U.S. National Library of Medicine, MedlinePlus offers information about prostate cancer in language you can understand in both English and Spanish.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/prostatecancer.html - Movember Foundation
The Movember Foundation is a global organization that raises attention and funds to "change the face of men's health."
http://us.movember.com/mens-health/prostate-cancer - Prostate Cancer Advocates
This guide to prostate cancer was created by UCSF Patient Advocates, men who themselves have dealt with prostate cancer.
http://urology.ucsf.edu/sites/urology.ucsf.edu/files/uploaded-files/attachments/prostate_cancer_and_its_treatment.pdf - Prostate Cancer Foundation
The Prostate Cancer Foundation is a philanthropic organization committed to funding and accelerating prostate cancer research. A source of information about current research and the latest developments, best practices and news in prostate cancer treatment.
http://www.pcf.org/ - Prostate Net
The Prostate Net is a non-profit patient education and advocacy organization. They offer patient education and patient support.
http://www.prostate-online.com/index.html - Sexuality For Men With Cancer
The American Cancer Society offers a downloadable PDF that offers men an understanding of the side effects of cancer and its treatment on male sexuality.
http://www.cancer.org/treatment/treatmentsandsideeffects/physicalsideeffects/sexualsideeffectsinmen/sexualityfortheman/index - UCSF Your Health Matters
UCSF Urology overview of prostate cancer and its treatment with links to treatment, managing side effects, nutrition and exercise.
http://urology.ucsf.edu/patient-care/cancer/prostate-cancer