T.J. is your 45-year old uncle who has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. He will be having abdominal prostatectomy surgery next week for the condition. Help him understand his condition by...

T.J. is your 45-year old uncle who has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. He will be having abdominal prostatectomy surgery next week for the condition. Help him understand his condition by answering the questions below.

1. How would you describe to him the surgery he will be undergoing?


2. J. asks you how the doctor determines if the cancer has spread beyond the prostate gland. How should you reply?


3. J. asks why his surgery will be abdominal when he remembers your 82-year old grandfather had transurethral surgery. What is a correct answer?


4. J. attributes his habitual consumption of a diet high in saturated fat and well-done meats as the cause for his condition. How will you explain to him the role of nutrients in the development of total prostate cancer?


5. Describe the treatments T.J. will most likely undergo after recovering from his surgery.


6. The pathology report indicates that T.J.'s cancer is stage 3. Describe what this means.