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1 Counselling of the Prostate Cancer Patient as a Whole Person
Thierry Janssen  European Urology Supplements  Volume 7, Issue 1, Pages (February 2008) DOI: /j.eursup Copyright © 2007 European Association of Urology Terms and Conditions

2 Fig. 1 The triune brain consists of three different layers through which the information is processed physically (reptilian brain) (1), emotionally (paleo-mammalian brain or limbic system) (2), and intellectually (mammalian brain or neocortex) (3). European Urology Supplements 2008 7, 29-34DOI: ( /j.eursup ) Copyright © 2007 European Association of Urology Terms and Conditions

3 Fig. 2 Outcomes of voting among urologists participating in the New Horizons in Urology 2007 meeting in Monaco. Urologists were questioned concerning the time needed to announce the diagnosis of prostate cancer (PCa) to their patient and the duration of a consultation with a patient with PCa at follow-up. European Urology Supplements 2008 7, 29-34DOI: ( /j.eursup ) Copyright © 2007 European Association of Urology Terms and Conditions

4 Fig. 3 Expectations of the benefits of complementary therapy (nutritional interventions) based on the outcomes of a questionnaire among >1000 men with prostate cancer (PCa). Almost all believed that complementary therapy would help them to live longer and improve their quality of life (QoL); the majority thought it would relieve symptoms and half the respondents expected it to cure the disease [23]. European Urology Supplements 2008 7, 29-34DOI: ( /j.eursup ) Copyright © 2007 European Association of Urology Terms and Conditions


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