Confusing Numbers (Paperback)

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Editorial: Independently Published, 2026

9798198471641

Serie: Libro 2 de 2 - Below the Belt: A Urologist's Storytelling

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Paperback. When the letter from your GP arrives and the number on it is unfamiliar, the world becomes very quiet very quickly.Confusing Numbers is Book 2 of Below the Belt: A Urologist's Storytelling - a series of patient-facing companions to modern men's health, written by a consultant urological surgeon working in the UK.This is the prostate cancer story, told from the inside of a UK urology clinic. It walks the reader through every stage of the modern NHS pathway: the first PSA letter, what PSA actually is, why one number means almost nothing, the trend over time, the MRI before the needle, the biopsy conversation, the day the result arrives, the numbers that come after, active surveillance, family history and BRCA testing, and the long careful watching that - for most men with low-risk and favourable intermediate-risk disease - becomes a quiet background of life rather than a daily emotional weight.The story is told through composite patients drawn from twenty-five years of consulting rooms: a retired deputy head in Oxfordshire, a structural engineer in Reading, a Bangladeshi grandfather in Luton, a Polish-British draughtsman in Reading, a British-Nigerian engineer in Birmingham, an Irish solicitor whose family carries a BRCA mutation, a British-Caribbean depot manager in west London, a retired Caribbean-British nurse in Birmingham, and others. Each chapter follows one patient through one clinical conversation, allowing the reader to live the modern UK pathway one careful step at a time.The book is grounded in current British practice - the NICE Cambridge Prognostic Groups, the modern MRI-targeted biopsy pathway, the ProtecT trial evidence base, the Sir Chris Hoy public health moment - and is written from a quiet bend of the River Thames in East Oxford with the warmth and patience of a long clinic afternoon.A companion appendix lists the major UK prostate cancer charities (Prostate Cancer UK, Tackle Prostate Cancer, The Prostate Project Guildford, Prostate Cymru) with current contact details and helpline numbers.If you are reading this because you have just had a confusing PSA result, this book has been written for you.Important: This book is patient-facing storytelling, not medical advice. Please consult your own GP and urologist for guidance on your specific situation. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Título
Confusing Numbers (Paperback)
Autor
Mohammad Nazmul Hossain Frcs
Editorial
Independently Published
Año de publicación
2026
Estado
new
Encuadernación
Paperback
Idioma
inglés
ISBN 13
9798198471641
Serie
Libro 2 de 2: Below the Belt: A Urologist's Storytelling

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