Prostate cancer / guest editors, Allen Chen, Srinivasan Vijayakumar.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chen, Allen.

Vijayakumar, Srinivasan.

Series:

Radiation medicine rounds ; v. 2, issue 1.

Radiation medicine rounds, 2151-4208 ; v. 2, issue 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prostate--Cancer--Radiotherapy.

Prostate.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (172 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Demos Medical, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This issue of Radiation Medicine Rounds examines the latest advances in the use of radiation medicine in treatment of prostate cancer Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in males and radiation therapy is a major tool in the management of the disease. This issue of Radiation Medicine Rounds includes reviews of all major recent advances in treatment of favorable, intermediate and high-risk prostate cancer as well as newer modalities such as brachytherapy, stereotactic body radiation therapy, and proton beam radiotherapy. Articles also review current knowledge in the areas of new biomarkers

Contents:

New biomarkers in prostate cancer / Javier Torres-Roca

Risk stratification in non-metastatic prostate cancer : implications for treatment / Richard E. Peschel

Treatment of favorable risk prostate cancer / Patrick Kupelian

Treatment of intermediate risk prostate cancer / Arthur Hung

High-risk prostate cancer / Chirag Shah ... [et al.]

Duration and timing of neoadjuvant/adjuvant androgen deprivation in non-metastatic prostate cancer / Ronald C. Chen, Jordan A. Holmes, and Anthony V. D'Amico

Current role of salvage and adjuvant radiotherapy for prostate cancer / Peter J. Rossi ... [et al.]

Prostate brachytherapy / Sean M. McBride and Irving D. Kaplan

Stereotactic body radiation therapy for prostate cancer / Thomas Boike and Robert Timmerman

Proton beam radiotherapy for prostate cancer / Andrew Lee and Quynh Nguyen

Image-guided strategies for prostate cancer / Matthew Stenmark and Daniel Hamstra

Treatment of intermediate-risk prostate cancer / John A. Kalapurakal

Chemoprevention in prostate cancer : current clinical evidence / Jason M. Phillips and Al Barqawi

Quality-of-life issues in the radiotherapeutic management of localized prostate cancer / Thomas J. Pugh and Steven J. Frank.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical refesrences and index.

ISBN:

1-283-13244-3

9786613132444

1-61705-067-9

OCLC:

729167127