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Do you manage patients with prostate cancer?
Could you use an expert guide examining all possible management options?
Prostate Cancer: diagnosis and clinical management providesurologists and oncologists of all levels with up-to-date, evidence-based guidance to the diagnosis, treatment and clinical management of a disease which accounts for a quarter of all cancers affecting men.
Designed to be as practical and accessible as possible, leading experts discuss key issues in prostate cancer management and examine how to deliver best practice in the clinical care of their patients. Topics covered include:
- What must be considered when counseling newly-diagnosed cancer patients
- Radical surgery options for prostate cancer
- Novel therapies for localized prostate cancer
- How should metastatic prostate cancer be diagnostic and managed
- What are the best methods of administering end of life care for the patient
Brought to you by a highly experienced editor team, and containing key points, management algorithms, practice tips and the latest AUA and EAU clinical guidelines, this is the ideal consultation tool for doctors both on the wards and in the office.
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Ashutosh K. Tewari, M.D., M. Ch. Ronald P. Lynch Professor of Urologic-
Oncology; Director, Center for Prostate Cancer, Weill Cornell Medical College
and New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, USA
Peter Whelan, MS,FRCS, Emeritus Consultant Urological Surgeon, St. James’s
University Hospital, Leeds, and Community NHS Urologist, Leeds, UK
John D. Graham, FRCP, FRCR, Consultant in Clinical Oncology, Beacon
Centre, Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton, Somerset, UK
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Contributors, vii
Preface, x
1 Prostate Cancer Epidemiology, 1
Annie Darves-Bornoz, Joe Park, and Aaron Katz
2 Diagnosis and Screening, 16
Yiannis Philippou, Harveer Dev, and Prasanna Sooriakumaran
3 Understanding the Histopathology, 34
Jon Oxley
4 Markers in Prostate Cancer, 49
Philippa J. Cheetham
5 Imaging, 72
Jonathan Richenberg
6 Counseling the Patient with Newly Diagnosed Prostate Cancer, Stage by Stage, 116
Nicholas James Smith and William Richard Cross
7 Active Surveillance in the Management of Low-Risk Prostate Cancer, 136
L. Boccon-Gibod
8 Radical Surgery, 145
Adnan Ali and Ashutosh Tewari
9 Radiation Therapy in the Management of Prostate Cancer, 170
J. Conibear and P.J. Hoskin
10 Novel Therapies for Localized Prostate Cancer, 191
Massimo Valerio, Mark Emberton, Manit Arya, and Hashim U. Ahmed
11 Posttherapy Follow-up and First Intervention, 211
Ernesto R. Cordeiro, Anastasios Anastasiadis, Matias Westendarp, Jean J.M.C.H. de la Rosette, and Theo M. de Reijke
12 Managing Rising PSA in Naive and Posttherapy Patients, 230
George Thalmann and Martin Spahn
13 Diagnosis and Management of Metastatic Prostate Cancer, 245
Bertrand Tombal and Frederic Lecouvet
14 New Therapies in Hormone Relapsed Disease, 265
Carmel Pezaro, Aurelius Omlin, Diletta Bianchini, and Johann de Bono
15 End of Life Care in Prostate Cancer, 287
John D. Graham
16 The Long Perspective: Prostate Cancer as a Chronic Disease, 298
Peter Whelan
17 The Future: What’s in the Toolkit for Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment?, 313
Norman J. Maitland
Index, 331
Color plate section can be found facing page 148
