Genitourinary Cancers

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Daneshmand, Siamak (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Chan, Kevin G. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Cancer Treatment and Research, 175
• Subjects: Oncology .; Urology.; Oncology.

This book addresses the most pressing current questions in the management of urologic malignancies. The rapid advances in imaging and molecular markers are placed into a clinical context, with explanation of their effects on prognosis and treatment planning. Similarly, progress in immunotherapy is c...

Table of Contents:

• New Imaging Techniques in Prostate Cancer
• Targeted ablative therapies for prostate cancer
• Prostate cancer markers
• Prognostic value of CTC's in urologic cancers
• Management of Small Renal Masses
• Advances in the Treatment of Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma.-Imaging in urologic cancers
• Molecular prognostication in Bladder cancer
• Early cystectomy for high risk non-muscle invasive disease
• Care-coordination pathway after radical cystectomy
• Current role of checkpoint inhibitors in urologic cancers
• ) The Cancer Genome Atlas Project
• Prognostic models in germ cell tumors
• Modern management of testicular cancer.