Radiotherapy of prostate cancer / editors, Carlo Greco, Michael J. Zelefsky.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Greco, Carlo.

Zelefsky, Michael

Louis B. Flexner Medical Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prostatic Neoplasms--radiotherapy.

Medical Subjects:

Prostatic Neoplasms--radiotherapy.

Physical Description:

484 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Harwood Academic, 2000.

Summary:

Greco (radiation oncologist, European Institute of Oncology) and Zelefsky (radiation oncology and brachytherapy, Memorial Sloan- Kettering Cancer Center) present a guide to the recent data from clinical trials, highlighting the various approaches and clarifying the role of traditional radiation therapy in the management of prostate cancer. The 38 contributions detail established management protocols as well as more controversial issues and experimental approaches. Topics include the magnitude of the problem and treatment strategies, staging and prognostic variables, radiology, definitive external beam radiotherapy, brachytherapy, heavy-particle therapy, post-treatment assessment, the management of rising PSA, combined- modality treatments, quality of life after definitive radiotherapy, and management of advanced prostate cancer. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Section 1 Prostate Cancer: The Magnitude of the Problem and Treatment Strategies

Chapter 1 Epidemiology and Aetiology of Prostate Cancer / Peter Boyle, Laura Baglietto, Gianluca Severi, Pavel Napalkov 3

Chapter 2 Molecular Basis of Prostate Cancer / Diha Freije, William Isaacs 35

Chapter 3 Deferred Treatment for Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer / Jan Adolfsson 43

Chapter 4 Is the Evidence for Watchful Waiting Convincing: Argument for Treatment of Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer / Judd W. Moul, Harry B. Burke 49

Chapter 5 The Impact of Local Tumor Control on the Outcome of Prostate Cancer / Steven A. Leibel, Zvi Fuks 55

Chapter 6 Patient Selection Criteria for Surgery / Michele Pavone-Macaluso 69

Chapter 7 Patient Selection Criteria for Radiotherapy / Carlo Greco, Yoshiya Yamada, Joaquin Velasco, Michael J. Zelefsky 75

Section 2 Staging and Prognostic Variables

Chapter 8 Diagnostic Imaging in a Radiotherapy Planning of Prostate Cancer / Raymond H. Oyen, Luc Vanuytsel 97

Chapter 9 Pathologic Predictors of Treatment Outcome / David J. Grignon 105

Chapter 10 Pre-treatment Prognostic Factors for Prostate Cancer Patients Treated with External Beam Radiotherapy / Alan Pollack, Gunar K. Zagars 113

Section 3 Radiology

Chapter 11 Radiobiological Principles Guiding the Management of Prostate Cancer / Jack F. Fowler 131

Chapter 12 Radiation Tolerance of Normal Tissues in the Pelvic Region / Eric Lartigau, Carlo Greco, Hugo Marsiglia 145

Section 4 Definitive External Beam Radiotherapy

Chapter 13 Outcome of External-Beam Radiation Therapy for Localized Carcinoma of the Prostate (Stages T1B, T2, and T3) / Carlos A. Perez, Jeff Michalski 155

Chapter 14 Advances in External-Beam Radiation Therapy / James A. Purdy 185

Chapter 15 Three-Dimensional Treatment-Planning for Conformal Treatment Delivery / Chandra M. Burman 207

Chapter 16 Three-Dimensional Conformal Radiotherapy / Michael J. Zelefsky 221

Chapter 17 Treatment Uncertainties and Quality Assurance in External-Beam Radiotherapy / Joseph Hanley, Carlo Greco 233

Section 5 Brachytherapy

Chapter 18 Brachytherapy: A Historical Perspective / Basil S. Hilaris, William R. Bodner, Constance A. Mastoras 255

Chapter 19 Brachytherapy Physics Considerations / Anthony Flynn, Steven John Weston 261

Chapter 20 Prostate Brachytherapy / Kent S. Wallner 267

Chapter 21 High Dose Rate Brachytherapy for Prostate Cancer / Alvaro Martinez 279

Section 6 Heavy-Particle Therapy

Chapter 22 Conformal Proton Beam Therapy of Prostate Cancer / Carl J. Rossi, Jr., Jerry D. Slater, William U. Shipley 289

Chapter 23 Neutron Therapy in Prostate Cancer / Jeffrey D. Forman, Madhur Garg 297

Section 7 Post-Treatment Assessment

Chapter 24 The PSA Response Following Radical Radiation Therapy / Anthony Zietman, Elizabeth Zehr, William U. Shipley 307

Chapter 25 Pathology of Post-Irradiation Prostate Biopsies / Paul B. Gaudin 315

Chapter 26 Biopsy Outcome After Definitive Radiotherapy / Juanita Crook 325

Section 8 The Management of Rising PSA

Chapter 27 Salvage Radiotherapy After Radical Prostatectomy / Mitchell S. Anscher 335

Chapter 28 Salvage Brachytherapy for Recurrent Prostate Cancer Following Radiation Therapy / Richard G. Stock, Nelson N. Stone 343

Chapter 29 Salvage Cryosurgical Ablation of the Prostate / Kimberly L. Cooper, Aaron E. Katz 353

Chapter 30 Systemic Treatment Approaches for Advanced Prostate Cancer / Wm. Kevin Kelly 359

Section 9 Combined-Modality Treatments

Chapter 31 Adjuvant Radiotherapy Following Radical Prostatectomy / Luc Vanuytsel, Hein Van Poppel 377

Chapter 32 Androgen Ablative Therapy and Radiotherapy / Michel Bolla, Xavier Artignan, Jacques Balosso, Emmanuel Berland 385

Chapter 33 Radiotherapy and Hyperthermia / Hans Goethuys, Luc Vanuytsel, Hein Van Poppel, Raymond H. Oyen, Zbigniew Petrovich, Luc Baert 393

Section 10 Quality of Life After Definitive Radiotherapy

Chapter 34 Late Treatment Toxicity and Quality of Life / Carlo Greco 405

Chapter 35 Sexual Function After Radiotherapy / J. Francois Eid, Michael J. Zelefsky 433

Section 11 Management of Advanced Prostate Cancer

Chapter 36 Elective Pelvic Irradiation / Carlo Greco, Giorgio Arcangeli, Riccardo Valdagni 445

Chapter 37 Management of Patients with Pathologically Positive Lymph Nodes (Stage D1) / Roberto Orecchia, Carlo Greco 453

Chapter 38 Palliative Radiotherapy for Disseminated Disease / Peter J. Hoskin 463.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Louis B. Flexner Medical Book Fund.

ISBN:

9057024829

OCLC:

42955341