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Challenges in Prostate Cancer, 2nd Edition
Winsor Bowsher (Editor), Adam Carter (Editor)
ISBN: 978-1-4051-0752-5
Hardcover
296 pages
June 2006, Wiley-Blackwell
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Part 1: Biological and Scientific Aspects.

1 An Update on Biotechnology in the Assessment of Prostate Cancer.

2 What Can We Learn From Breast Cancer?.

3 New Serum Markers for Prostate Cancer.

4 The History of Tissue Recombination Technology: Current and Future Research.

5 Why We Cannot Use the Results of Non-Randomised Trials to Inform Us About Treatment for Early Prostate Cancer?.

Part 2: Diagnosis and Evaluation.

6 Equivocal PSAResults and Free Total PSARatio.

7 Equivocal Prostate Needle Biopsies.

8 Prostate Biopsy: How Many Cores and Where From?.

9 Counselling Patients With Early Prostate Cancer.

10 The Role of Pelvic Node Dissection in Prostate Cancer.

Part 3: Initial Treatment Policies.

11 Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy.

12 Endocrine Therapy for Prostate Cancer: the Latest.

13 The Role of Conservative Policies in the Treatment of Prostate Cancer.

14 Complementary and Alternative Therapies for Prostate Cancer.

Part 4: Monitoring Progress and SecondaryTreatment.

15 Radical Prostatectomy After Radical Radiotherapy.

16 Treatment of Renal Impairment Secondary to Locally Advanced Prostate Cancer.

17 Open Radical Prostatectomy: How Can Intra-operative, Peri-operative and Post-operative Complications Be Prevented?.

18 Documenting Prostate Cancer: Epidemiology and Treatment.

19 Trends in Prostate Cancer Incidence and Mortality.

20 Chemotherapy in Prostate Cancer.

Index.

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