ABC of Prostate Cancer ( ABC Series )

Publication series ：ABC Series

Author： Prokar Dasgupta  

Publisher： John Wiley & Sons Inc‎

Publication year： 2011

E-ISBN: 9781444346909

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781444334371

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9781444334371

Subject： R737.25 prostatic neoplasms

Language： ENG

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Description

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men in the UK and US and the second most common worldwide.

The ABC of Prostate Cancer provides fully illustrated guidance on the treatment and management of prostate cancer. It covers the biology, anatomy, and pathology of prostate cancer, screening, and active surveillance and monitoring. It presents an assessment of treatment options including prostatectomy, bracytherapy, chemotherapy and immunotherapy, along with modern diagnostic tests and an overview of new approaches to prostate cancer.

With an international author team, the ABC of Prostate Cancer is ideal for general practitioners, family physicians, specialist nurses, junior doctors, medical students and others working with prostate cancer patients and their families.

Chapter

Contents

pp.：  1 – 7

Contributors

pp.：  7 – 9

Foreword

pp.：  9 – 11

1 Applied Anatomy of the Prostate,

pp.：  11 – 13

2 Pathology of Prostate Cancer,

pp.：  13 – 17

3 Biology of Prostate Cancer,

pp.：  17 – 20

4 Prostate Cancer Diagnosis,

pp.：  20 – 23

5 Imaging of Prostate Cancer,

pp.：  23 – 26

6 Screening for Prostate Cancer,

pp.：  26 – 30

7 Active Surveillance,

pp.：  30 – 34

8 Open Radical Prostatectomy,

pp.：  34 – 37

9 Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy,

pp.：  37 – 41

10 Robotic Radical Prostatectomy,

pp.：  41 – 45

11 Prostate Brachytherapy,

pp.：  45 – 49

12 HIFU,

pp.：  49 – 52

13 Cryotherapy for Prostate Cancer,

pp.：  52 – 56

14 Advances in External Beam Radiotherapy,

pp.：  56 – 60

15 Recent Advances in Hormonal Therapy,

pp.：  60 – 63

16 Management of Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer,

pp.：  63 – 66

17 Immunology of Prostate Cancer,

pp.：  66 – 69

18 New Approaches to Prostate Cancer,

pp.：  69 – 75

Index

pp.：  75 – 79

LastPages

pp.：  79 – 84

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