Prostate Cancer

Buch | Hardcover

XIII, 271 Seiten

2007 | 2007
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-540-40897-0 (ISBN)

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Prostate cancer treatment dates back almost treatment approaches is examined in the subse- 100years. However, in an era of rapid develop- quent chapters of this volume. ments and innovations in cancer research and Te text addresses the time-honoured h- uro-oncology, there is an increasing need to monal treatment, which has been the mainstay update our knowledge and especially to guide of prostate cancer management for some - our practice by innovations and evidence-based cades. Due to the increased diagnosis of prostate medicine. Prostate cancer is still evolving fol- cancer at earlier stages and the increased use of lowing improvements in disease detection and hormone therapy in earlier disease stages many better understanding of disease characteristics. patients will receive hormone therapy for a long Tis book addresses the current state of the art in period. Tese patients are at risk of acute and this still-developing feld and presents the reader chronic side efects of hormonal therapy. Te- with the information needed to make rational fore, the timing of initiating hormone therapy, patient decisions regarding treatment selection the type of hormone therapy and the monitoring and outcomes. of patients on long-term hormone therapy have Te growing body of knowledge regarding become crucial in the appropriate management epidemiology, pathogenesis, prevention, screen- of patients with prostate cancer. ing, diagnosis and staging is included in the frst Disease management in men with prostate half of the book.

Epidemiology of Prostate Cancer.- Natural History of Prostatic Carcinoma: The Pathologist's Perspective.- Prognostic Factors in Prostate Cancer.- The Prevention of Prostate Cancer.- Prostate Cancer Screening.- Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer.- Does Localized Prostate Cancer Exist?.- Staging of Prostate Cancer.- Guidelines and Counselling for Treatment Options in the Management of Prostate Cancer.- Choices for Surgery.- Radiation Therapy in Prostate Cancer.- Cryoablation and High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound.- The Role of Hormonal Treatment in Prostate Cancer.- Androgen-Independent Prostate Cancer.- Prostate Cancer Treatment and Quality of Life.- Europa Uomo: The European Prostate Cancer Coalition.

From the reviews:

"Treatment advances and discoveries in prostate cancer tumor biology are rapidly developing areas of medicine. ... The book is a scholarly and satisfactory summary of many established findings. ... is a highly informative read and a welcome addition to the existing literature. Ramon and Denis highlight an area that is of growing concern to patients and urologists ... . Medical students and residents interested in a primer of established prostate cancer findings would find this book valuable." (Lalit R. Patel and Jonathan W. Simons, JAMA, Vol. 299 (16), 2008)

Erscheint lt. Verlag	13.3.2007
Reihe/Serie	Recent Results in Cancer Research
Zusatzinfo	XIII, 271 p.
Verlagsort	Berlin
Sprache	englisch
Maße	170 x 244 mm
Gewicht	745 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Onkologie
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Urologie
Schlagworte	androgen-independent prostate cancer • Cancer • Cancer Screening • Cancer Treatment • carcinoma • cryoablation • hormonal treatment of prostate cancer • hormones • metastatic hormone-refractory prostate cancer (HRP • metastatic hormone-refractory prostate cancer (HRPC) • prevention • prevention of prostate cancer • Prostatakrebs • Prostate Cancer • prostate cancer screening • radiation therapy • radiation therapy in prostate cancer • Screening • Staging • Surgery • Ultrasound
ISBN-10	3-540-40897-5 / 3540408975
ISBN-13	978-3-540-40897-0 / 9783540408970
Zustand	Neuware