Mayo Clinic on Prostate Health, 3rd Edition: Answers to Questions about Prostate Enlargement, Inflammation and Cancer

Prostate problems are among the most common reasons men see their doctors. That’s because with age most men experience some type of prostate problem -- enlargement, inflammation or cancer. Mayo Clinic on Prostate Health, 3rd Edition is an easy-to-read yet comprehensive guide to preventing, understanding, treating and living with prostate disease. Advances in research, an explosion in sophisticated imaging technology and new medical procedures have allowed for earlier diagnosis of prostate disease and more personalized treatment.

Derek J. Lomas, M.D., Pharm.D., is a senior associate consultant in the Department of Urology at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. Dr. Lomas underwent his residency and fellowship training at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, and served as a Mayo Clinic Scholar at University College London and Imperial College in London in the fields of Imaging, Targeted Biopsy, and Focal Therapy of Prostate Cancer.

Paras H. Shah, M.D., is a senior associate consultant in the Department of Urology at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. with an interest in the surgical management of prostate, bladder and kidney cancers. Dr. Shah received his residency training at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Queens, New York and completed a fellowship in urologic oncology at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.