Treatment Options in Urological Cancer (eBook)

Jonathan Waxman (Herausgeber)

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2008 | 1. Auflage
408 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-0-470-75690-4 (ISBN)

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Cancer forms a large part of urological practice. Prostate cancer
is the most significant and is the second most common cause of male
cancer deaths with some 300,000 cases in the USA annually. Cancer
of the bladder is also common. While treatment has been primarily
surgical, recent years have seen an explosion of new drug therapies
for urological cancers.

All urologists, whether in training or in practice, need an
up-to-date survey of the literature and key findings in this
important and controversial field.

This book takes each organ in turn (prostate, kidney, bladder,
testis and penis) and tackles the controversies head-on by inviting
chapters on various (often rival) treatments for each disease. Each
section is then concluded by a commentary from the editor which
draws together the various strands, outlines the principal areas of
consensus and disagreement.

Jonathan Waxman is an oncologist who specialises in urological
tumours and has developed new treatments for prostate, bladder and
kidney cancer and for terminal care, which are now part of standard
practice. He founded the Prostate Cancer Charity and helped
establish an all-party parliamentary group to improve cancer
treatment and research throughout the UK.

Autor

Jonathan Waxman is a Professor of Oncology at the Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College School of Medicine, London. He is a highly experienced clinician who has developed new treatments for cancer, which are now part of standard practice. He is the author of 250 research papers and chapters, and eleven books on cancer.

Inhalt

Contributors.

Preface.

Part 1: Kidney Caner.

1. The Molecular Biology of Kidney Cancer. (E. P. Castle, G.S.
Hallman & J. B. Thrasher).

2. Cytokines and Angiogenesis Inhibitor Treatments. (S.
Chowdhury & M. Gore).

3. Surgical Management of Metastatic Renal Cancer. (D. F.
Badenoch).

Part 2: Bladder Cancer.

4. The Molecular Biology of Bladder Cancer. (P. E. Keegan, D. E,
Neal & J. Lunec).

5. Surgery for Advanced Bladder Cancer. (D. W. W. Newling).

6. Chemotherapy and Bladder Cancer. (F. Calabro & C.N.
Sternberg).

7. Treatment Options in Superficial (PTa/PT1/CIS) Bladder
Cancer. (J. L. Ockrim & P. D. Abel).

Part 3: Prostate Cancer.

8. The Molecular Biology of Prostate Cancer. (J. Wang & J
Waxman).

9. Surgical Pathology of Prostate Cancer. (C.S. Foster).

10. Prostate Radiotherapy. (C. R. Lewanski & S.
Stewart).

11. Prostate Cancer: Immediate vs. Deferred Treatment. (D.
Kirk).

12. Hormone Therapy of Prostate cancer. (R. Agarwal &
Waxman).

13. Chemotherapy in Hormone Refractory Prostate Cancer. (Leslie
E. F. Moffat).

14. Radical Prostatectomy. (T. J. Christmas & A. P.
Doherty).

15. The Case against Radical Surgery for Early Prostate Cancer.
(Leslie E. F. Moffat).

Part 4: Testicular Cancer.

16. Genetics of Adult Male Germ Cell Tumors. (J. Houldsworth, G.
J. Bosl & R. S. K. Chaganti).

17. Surveillance, Chemotherapy, and Radiotherapy for Stage 1
Testicular Germ Cell Tumours. (D. H. Palmer & M. H,.
Cullen).

18. Chemotherapy of Testicular Cancer. (I. A. Burney & G. M.
Mead).

19. Salvage Chemotherapy Regiments of Relapsing Germ Cell
Cancer. (M. L. Harvey & G. M. Mead).

20. Surgery for Testicular Cancer. (W. F. Hendry).

Part 5: Penile Cancer.

21. Viral Agents in the Development of Penile Cancer. (P. H.
Rajjayabun, T. R. L. Griffiths & J. K. Mellon).

22. Current Concepts in the Management of Penile Cancer. (R.
Sarin & H. B. Tongaonkar).

Index.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 24.4.2008
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Onkologie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Urologie
• Schlagworte: Medical Science • Medizin • Oncology & Radiotherapy • Onkologie u. Strahlentherapie • Urologie • Urology
• ISBN-10: 0-470-75690-X / 047075690X
• ISBN-13: 978-0-470-75690-4 / 9780470756904