Carcinoma of the prostate : innovations in management
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Carcinoma of the prostate : innovations in management
(Medical radiology : diagnostic imaging and radiation oncology)
Springer, c1996
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  Niigata
  Toyama
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  Fukui
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  Kyoto
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  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
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  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
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Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This text provides coverage of innovations in the management of capsula-confined and metastatic endocrine-responsive and -unresponsive prostate cancer. In addition to chapters on the entire range of treatment options, there are background chapters on the epidemiology, development and natural history of the untreated disease. The controversial issue of the value of prostate-specific antigen as a screening tool is also discussed.
Table of Contents
Causative Factors.- Natural History.- Screening for Prostatic Carcinoma.- Pathology.- Chromosome Abnormalities in Adenocarcinoma.- Immunodiagnosis and Immunotherapy.- Imaging Modalities in Diagnosis and Staging.- Conservative Management.- Surgical Treatment: The European Experience.- Pattern of Failure in Surgically Treated Patients.- Complications of Radical Prostatectomy.- Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy : The USC Experience.- Surgical Salvage Options in Patients with Recurrent Tumor Following Radiotherapy.- Benefits and Risks of Early Treatment Decisions: The Use of Decision Analysis Model.- Treatment Results with External Beam Radiotherapy.- Pattern of Failure in Patients Treated with External Beam Radiotherapy.- External Beam Radiotherapy for Localized Prostatic Cancer at Stanford: Update at the 38th Year.- What is the Place of Brachytherapy in the Management.- Complications of Pelvic Irradiation.- Adjuvant Radiotherapy Following Radical Prostatectomy.- Conformal Radiotherapy.- Systemic Therapy.- Hyperthermia.- Cryotherapy.
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