Advances and Controversies in Prostate Cancer, An Issue of Urologic Clinics

Author: Oh   William K.  

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences‎

Publication year: 2010

E-ISBN: 9781455700745

Subject: R749.055 psychological therapy

Language: ENG

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Chapter

WHO SHOULD BE SCREENED?

WHAT IS A CLINICIAN TO DO?

SUMMARY

REFERENCES

Chapter 2. Chemoprevention of Prostate Cancer

RATIONALE FOR CHEMOPREVENTION OF PROSTATE CANCER

CHEMOPREVENTION TRIALS IN PROSTATE CANCER

CHEMOPREVENTION AND PROSTATE CANCER RISK

SUMMARY

REFERENCES

Chapter 3. Update on Prostate Imaging

ULTRASOUND

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

Chapter 4. High-intensity Focused Ultrasound: Ready for Primetime

HIFU TECHNIQUE

CURRENT MARKET PRODUCTS

MECHANISM OF ACTION

PATIENT SELECTION

TREATMENT OUTCOMES

FOLLOW-UP

COMPLICATIONS

SUMMARY

REFERENCES

Chapter 5. Overcoming the Learning Curve for Robotic-assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy

LEARNING CURVE: THE CHALLENGE OF RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY

TECHNICAL CHALLENGES OF RALP

THE BRIGHAM & WOMEN’S HOSPITAL TECHNIQUE

TIPS FOR THE BEGINNER

REFERENCES

Chapter 6. The Case for Open Radical Prostatectomy

COST

PERIOPERATIVE OUTCOMES

ONCOLOGICAL OUTCOMES

FUNCTIONAL OUTCOMES

SUMMARY

REFERENCES

Chapter 7. Controversies Surrounding Lymph Node Dissection for Prostate Cancer

DETERMINING IN WHOM TO PERFORM PELVIC LYMPHADENECTOMY

EVALUATING THE ROLE OF IMAGING IN IDENTIFYING LYMPH NODE INVASION

EXAMINING THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ANATOMIC TEMPLATE

TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE SURGICAL APPROACH

ASSESSING THE RATIONALE FOR PELVIC LYMPH NODE DISSECTION

CONTEMPLATING THE RISKS OF PELVIC LYMPH NODE DISSECTION

SUMMARY

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

Primary and Salvage Cryotherapy for Prostate Cancer

CRYOINJURY

FACTORS AFFECTING TISSUE DESTRUCTION DURING CRYOTHERAPY

SURVEILLANCE AFTER CRYOTHERAPY

PRIMARY CRYOTHERAPY

FOCAL CRYOTHERAPY

SALVAGE CRYOTHERAPY

OUTCOMES

COMPLICATIONS OF CRYOTHERAPY

SUMMARY

REFERENCES

Chapter 8. Current Topics in the Treatment of Prostate Cancer with Low-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy

THE DEVELOPMENT OF A REAL-TIME ULTRASOUND-GUIDED IMPLANT TECHNIQUE

BRACHYTHERAPY AND RADIATION DOSE

TRIMODALITY THERAPY FOR HIGH-RISK PROSTATE CANCER

LONG-TERM OUTCOMES

BRACHYTHERAPY-ASSOCIATED MORBIDITY

REFERENCES

Chapter 9. Neoadjuvant and Adjuvant Therapies in Prostate Cancer

HT

CHEMOTHERAPY

ADJUVANT RADIOTHERAPY

SUMMARY

REFERENCES

Chapter 10. Novel Targeted Therapies for Prostate Cancer

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR SIGNALING

VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR AND RECEPTOR

APOPTOSIS

CHAPERONE PROTEINS

INSULINLIKE GROWTH FACTOR-1 RECEPTOR

PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL-3-KINASE (PI3K)-AKT SIGNALING PATHWAY

BONE TARGETING

CYTOTOXIC AGENTS

SUMMARY

REFERENCES

Chapter 11. Immunotherapy for Prostate Cancer: An Emerging Treatment Modality

ACTIVE IMMUNOTHERAPY FOR PROSTATE CANCER

COMBINING CONVENTIONAL THERAPY WITH ACTIVE IMMUNOTHERAPY

IMMUNE MODULATORS (BRAKES AND ACCELERATORS)

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES

SUMMARY

REFERENCES

Chapter 12. Blood and Tissue Biomarkers in Prostate Cancer: State of the Art

TISSUE BIOMARKERS

BLOOD BIOMARKERS

SUMMARY

REFERENCES

Index

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