Management of Prostate Cancer

The thoroughly updated and revised third edition of Management of Prostate Cancer provides concise and authoritative guidance to today's best therapeutic regimens for the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer.  Highlighting the latest major advances in the field, the book includes chapters...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Klein, Eric A. (Editor), Jones, J. Stephen (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Totowa, NJ Humana Press 2013, 2013
Edition:3rd ed. 2013
Series:Current Clinical Urology
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:The thoroughly updated and revised third edition of Management of Prostate Cancer provides concise and authoritative guidance to today's best therapeutic regimens for the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer.  Highlighting the latest major advances in the field, the book includes chapters on the most controversial areas of prostate cancer – screening, chemoprevention, and active surveillance; updated chapters on genetic risk and progression, biopsy schemes, treatment of complications, and comparative treatment outcomes for surgery; and new chapters on risk factors, new markers, nomograms, and focal therapy. This volume also features overviews of new and emerging drugs and treatment paradigms for castrate resistant disease, advances that promise to extend life and perhaps even cure a subset of men with metastatic disease. With its comprehensive illustrations and contributions from renowned experts in the field, Management of Prostate Cancer, 3rd Edition is an invaluable resource for practitioners in the treatment of prostate cancer
Physical Description:XII, 428 p online resource
ISBN:9781607612599