Advances and controversies in prostate cancer. ([2010])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Guest editors, William K. Oh, Jim C. Hu.
• Other Names: Oh, William K; Hu, Jim C
• Contents: Front Cover; Contributors; Contents; Urologic Clinics of North America; Preface; Chapter 1. Prostate Cancer: To Screen or Not to Screen?; THE BURDEN OF PROSTATE CANCER; WHY SCREEN: RATIONALE FOR SCREENING; LEAD TIMES AND OVERDIAGNOSIS; PROSTATE CANCER SCREENING TOOLS; TO SCREEN OR NOT TO SCREEN USING PSA: THE PLCO AND ERSPC STUDIES; EFFECT OF SCREENING FOR PROSTATE CANCER ON QUALITY OF LIFE; WHO SHOULD BE SCREENED?; WHAT IS A CLINICIAN TO DO?; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 2. Chemoprevention of Prostate Cancer; RATIONALE FOR CHEMOPREVENTION OF PROSTATE CANCER. CHEMOPREVENTION TRIALS IN PROSTATE CANCERCHEMOPREVENTION AND PROSTATE CANCER RISK; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 3. Update on Prostate Imaging; ULTRASOUND; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 4. High-intensity Focused Ultrasound: Ready for Primetime; HIFU TECHNIQUE; CURRENT MARKET PRODUCTS; MECHANISM OF ACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOMES; FOLLOW-UP; COMPLICATIONS; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 5. Overcoming the Learning Curve for Robotic-assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy. LEARNING CURVE: THE CHALLENGE OF RADICAL PROSTATECTOMYTECHNICAL CHALLENGES OF RALP; THE BRIGHAM & WOMEN'S HOSPITAL TECHNIQUE; TIPS FOR THE BEGINNER; REFERENCES; Chapter 6. The Case for Open Radical Prostatectomy; COST; PERIOPERATIVE OUTCOMES; ONCOLOGICAL OUTCOMES; FUNCTIONAL OUTCOMES; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 7. Controversies Surrounding Lymph Node Dissection for Prostate Cancer; DETERMINING IN WHOM TO PERFORM PELVIC LYMPHADENECTOMY; EVALUATING THE ROLE OF IMAGING IN IDENTIFYING LYMPH NODE INVASION; EXAMINING THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ANATOMIC TEMPLATE. TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE SURGICAL APPROACHASSESSING THE RATIONALE FOR PELVIC LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; CONTEMPLATING THE RISKS OF PELVIC LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; SUMMARY; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Primary and Salvage Cryotherapy for Prostate Cancer; CRYOINJURY; FACTORS AFFECTING TISSUE DESTRUCTION DURING CRYOTHERAPY; SURVEILLANCE AFTER CRYOTHERAPY; PRIMARY CRYOTHERAPY; FOCAL CRYOTHERAPY; SALVAGE CRYOTHERAPY; OUTCOMES; COMPLICATIONS OF CRYOTHERAPY; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 8. Current Topics in the Treatment of Prostate Cancer with Low-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy. THE DEVELOPMENT OF A REAL-TIME ULTRASOUND-GUIDED IMPLANT TECHNIQUEBRACHYTHERAPY AND RADIATION DOSE; TRIMODALITY THERAPY FOR HIGH-RISK PROSTATE CANCER; LONG-TERM OUTCOMES; BRACHYTHERAPY-ASSOCIATED MORBIDITY; REFERENCES; Chapter 9. Neoadjuvant and Adjuvant Therapies in Prostate Cancer; HT; CHEMOTHERAPY; ADJUVANT RADIOTHERAPY; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 10. Novel Targeted Therapies for Prostate Cancer; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR SIGNALING; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR AND RECEPTOR; APOPTOSIS; CHAPERONE PROTEINS; INSULINLIKE GROWTH FACTOR-1 RECEPTOR.
• Publisher Details: St. Louis, Mo. : Elsevier Health Sciences
• Publication Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (xi, 148 pages), illustrations (some color), color portraits
• Subjects: 618.926; Prostate -- Cancer; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Children's Health; MEDICAL -- Pediatrics; Prostate -- Cancer; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781455700745; 1455700746
• Related ISBNs: 9781437719161; 1437719163
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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