Prostate cancer / edited by Li-Ming Su.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Su, Li-Ming.

Series:

Early diagnosis and treatment of cancer series

Early diagnosis and treatment of cancer

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prostate--Cancer.

Prostate.

Prostatic Neoplasms--diagnosis.

Prostatic Neoplasms--therapy.

Medical Subjects:

Prostatic Neoplasms--diagnosis.

Prostatic Neoplasms--therapy.

Physical Description:

xiv, 264 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, PA : Saunders/Elsevier, [2010]

Summary:

Diagnose earlier and treat more effectively!

Here are the hands-on tools you need to make in-formed decisions on precisely what tests and imaging studies are needed to diagnose and stage each type of cancer.

Covers protocols and advances in diagnostic imaging and molecular and serologic markers for prostate cancer.

Guides you through formulating a treatment or patient care plan by outlining the steps after diagnosis.

Features “key points” boxes on topics such as new blood antibody testing as a supplement to PSA testing to identify patients at risk for prostate cancer and more.

Complements the procedures outlined in the text with full-color photographs and line drawings.

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Contents:

Serum markers and screening / Carol Kashefi, Alan W. Partin, and J. Kellogg Parsons

Biopsy, diagnosis, and staging of prostate cancer / Shahrokh F. Shariat and Claus G. Roehrborn

The pathology of prostate cancer / Liang Cheng ... [et al.]

Expectant mangement / Danil V. Makarov, Christopher A. Warlick, and H. Ballentine Carter

Open radical retropubic prostatectomy : technique and outcomes / Misop Han and William J. Catalona

Robotic and laparoscopic radical prostatectomy / Desiderio Avila and Richard E. Link

Perineal prostatectomy / Timothy Y. Tseng and Phillip Dahm

Basic terms and concepts of radiation / John Christodouleas ... [et al.]

High-intensity focused ultrasound for prostate cancer / Stefan Thüroff and Christian Chaussy

Prostate cryoablation : successful therapy for clinically localized prostate cancer / Daniel B. Rukstalis and Mary Ann Kenneson

Alternative medicine for prostate cancer : diet, vitamins, minerals, and supplements / Aaron Katz

Controversies in prostate cancer / Adam W. Levinson.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781416045755

1416045759

OCLC:

260208564