Principles and Practice of Urooncology Radiotherapy, Surgery and Systemic Therapy /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ozyigit, Gokhan (Editor), Selek, Ugur (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Radiotherapy.; Oncology.; Urology.; Medicine & Public Health.

This evidence-based, state of the art guide to the management of urological malignancies, including bladder cancer, prostate cancer, and testicular cancer, is designed to serve as an easy-to-consult reference that will assist in daily decision making and the delivery of optimal care for individual p...

Table of Contents:

• Selection criteria based on Radiation Oncology perspective for definitive treatment approaches in urological cancers
• Radiological imaging in urological cancers
• The role of functional imaging in urological cancers
• Surgery in renal cell cancer
• Systemic therapies in renal cell cancer
• The role of radiotherapy in renal cell cancer
• Screening of prostate cancer: Pros and Cons
• Risk groupings in prostate cancer
• Active surveillance in low risk cancer: Pros and Cons
• Alternative focal therapies in low-risk prostate cancer: HiFU and Cryotherapy
• Robotic surgery in prostate cancer
• Radical retropubic prostatectomy in low-high risk prostate cancer
• Guidelines for the delineation of primary tumor target volume in prostate cancer
• Guidelines for the delineation of lymphatic target volumes in prostate cancer
• Modern radiotherapy techniques in prostate cancers
• Protontherapy for prostate cancer
• Brachytherapy for prostate cancer
• Stereotactic body radiotherapy for prostate cancer
• The role of hormonal therapies and radiotherapy in prostate cancer
• The role of hormonal therapies after surgery
• PSA after radiotherapy: Biochemical failure and PSA bounce
• Adjuvant and Salvage Radiotherapy in prostate cancer
• Reirradiation in prostate cancer
• Systemic chemotherapies in the management of prostate cancer
• Translational research and immunotherapy in prostate cancer
• Surgery in superficial and invasive bladder cancer
• Target volume delineation guidelines in bladder cancer
• Bladder preservation therapies in bladder cancer
• Systemic chemotherapies in bladder cancers
• Translational research and immunotherapy in bladder cancer
• Radiolabelled targeted therapies in urological tumors
• Radiation induced toxicity and related management strategies on urological malignancies
• Quality assurance of modern radiotherapy techniques in urological malignancies.