Outline

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The Basics

1. What is the prostate?
2. What is prostate cancer?
3. How common is prostate cancer?
4. Who is at highest risk of prostate cancer?

Preventing Prostate Cancer

1. Medications
2. Other products
3. Diet

Screening for Prostate Cancer

1. What is screening?
2. Why should you be screened for prostate cancer?
3. What does prostate cancer screening involve?
4. Who should be screened? When should they be screened?
5. When is a screening test considered positive?
6. What are the next steps once a screening test is considered positive?
7. How likely is it that I have prostate cancer?

Diagnosing Prostate Cancer

1. How is prostate cancer diagnosed?
2. What are symptoms of prostate cancer?
3. What is a TRUS-guided Biopsy?
4. What are the complications related to a TRUS-guided biopsy?

 Surgery for Prostate Cancer

1. What surgery can be done for prostate cancer?
2. What is the evidence supporting surgery for prostate cancer?
3. What is laparoscopic surgery?
4. What is robotic prostate surgery?
5. What is the difference between laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (LRP) and robotically-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP)?
6. What the benefits of laparoscopic surgery compared to open prostatectomy?
7. What actually happens during a laparoscopic radical prostatectomy?
8. What are the most common complications of surgery?
9. What other complications may occur?
10. What can patients do to minimize complications?
11. What happens on the day of surgery?
12. What happens during the hospital stay?
13. What happens after discharge from hospital following surgery?