Prostate Cancer

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ramon, Jacob (Editor), Denis, Louis J. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Series: Recent Results in Cancer Research, 175
• Subjects: Medicine.; Oncology.; Urology.; Medicine & Public Health.

Prostate cancer treatment dates back almost treatment approaches is examined in the subse- 100years. However, in an era of rapid develop- quent chapters of this volume. ments and innovations in cancer research and Te text addresses the time-honoured h- uro-oncology, there is an increasing need to mo...

Table of Contents:

• Epidemiology of Prostate Cancer
• Natural History of Prostatic Carcinoma: The Pathologist’s Perspective
• Prognostic Factors in Prostate Cancer
• The Prevention of Prostate Cancer
• Prostate Cancer Screening
• Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer
• Does Localized Prostate Cancer Exist?
• Staging of Prostate Cancer
• Guidelines and Counselling for Treatment Options in the Management of Prostate Cancer
• Choices for Surgery
• Radiation Therapy in Prostate Cancer
• Cryoablation and High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound
• The Role of Hormonal Treatment in Prostate Cancer
• Androgen-Independent Prostate Cancer
• Prostate Cancer Treatment and Quality of Life
• Europa Uomo: The European Prostate Cancer Coalition.