| Description |
1 online resource (301 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Cover; Copyright; Editor; Preface; Contents; International Prostate Health Council; 1 -- Epidemiology of Prostate Cancer; 2 -- Natural History of Prostatic Carcinoma The Pathologist's Perspective; 3 -- Prognostic Factors in Prostate Cancer; 4 -- The Prevention of Prostate Cancer; 5 -- Prostate Cancer Screening; 6 -- Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer; 7 -- Does Localized Prostate Cancer Exist; 8 -- Staging of Prostate Cancer; 9 -- Guidelines and Counselling for Treatment Options in the Management of Prostate Cancer; 10 -- Choices for Surgery; 11 -- Radiation Therapy in Prostate Cancer |
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12 -- Cryoablation and High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound13 -- The Role of Hormonal Treatment in Prostate Cancer; 14 -- Androgen-Independent Prostate Cancer; 15 -- Prostate Cancer Treatment and Quality of Life; 16 -- Europa Uomo The European Prostate Cancer Coalition |
| Summary |
This volume is the first interdisciplinary medical text on prostate cancer. More than 50 chapters cover all aspects of diagnosis and screening and all forms of accepted treatments of the prostate, with emphasis on the retention of sexual and physiological function. Highlights of the book include the most exhaustive coverage currently available of advanced androgen-sensitive and androgen-refractory disease. An introductory chapter discusses the impact of advances in genetic understanding of prostate cancer on clinical practice. A Brandon-Hill recommended title |
| Notes |
English |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 9, 2014) |
| Subject |
Prostate -- Cancer.
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Prostatic Neoplasms
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Prostate -- Cancer
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Ramon, Jacob, editor
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Denis, Louis J., editor
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Abbou, Claude Clement, contributor
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Kroke, Nadja, editor
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Steinen-Broo, Frido, cover designer
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| ISBN |
9781469874548 |
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1469874547 |
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