Challenges in prostate cancer / edited by Winsor Bowsher and Adam Carter.

Other author Bowsher, Winsor.
Other author Carter, Adam, Dr.
Format Book
Edition2nd ed.
Publication InfoMalden, MA ; Oxford : Blackwell Pub., ©2006.
Descriptionxii, 282 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
Subjects
Prostatic Neoplasms.

Contents An update on biotechnology in the assessment of prostate cancer / Tim Lane, Jon Strefford and Tim Oliver -- What can we learn from breast cancer? / Ludger Barthelmes and Christopher A. Gately -- New serum markers for prostate cancer / Bernhard Brehmer, Antonios Makris and Gerhard Jakse -- The history of tissue recombination technology : current and future research / Kenichiro Ishii and Simon Hayward -- Why we cannot use the results of non-randomised trials to inform us about treatment for early prostate cancer? / Malcolm Mason and John Staffurth -- Equivocal PSA results and free total PSA ratio / Bob Djavan, Michael Dobrovits and Michael Marberger -- Equivocal prostate needle biopsies / Murali Varma and David Griffiths -- Prostate biopsy : how many cores and where from? / Richard Clements -- Counselling patients with early prostate cancer / Gail Beese and Christopher Edmunds -- The role of pelvic node dissection in prostate cancer / Owen Niall and Jamie Kearsley -- Laparoscopic radical prostectomy / Mark Wright -- Endocrine therapy for prostate cancer : the latest / A. Goyal and W. Bowsher -- The role of conservative policies in the treatment of prostate cancer / Stijn de Vries, Christopher Bangma and Fritz Schroder -- Complementary and alternative therapies for prostate cancer / Gary Deng and Barrie Cassileth -- Radical prostatectomy after radical radiotherapy / Amir Kaisary -- Treatment of renal impairment secondary to locally advanced prostate cancer / Paul Jones and Neil Fenn -- Open radical prostatectomy : how can intra-operative, peri-operative, and post-operative complications be prevented? / Robert P. Myers, R. Houston Thompson, Stephen M. Schatz and Michael L. Blute -- Documenting prostate cancer : epidemiology and treatment / Leslie Moffat -- Trends in prostate cancer incidence and mortality / Steven Oliver, Rhidian Hurle and Owen Hughes -- Chemotherapy in prostate cancer / Jason Lester and Emma Hudson.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2005031967
ISBN1405107529 :
ISBN9781405107525