Urological Cancer Management / / edited by Said Abdallah Al-Mamari, Salim Said Al-Busaidy

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910300219903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015
• ISBN: 3-319-16301-9
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2015.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (302 p.)
• Disciplina: 610; 616.6; 616994; 617
• Soggetti: Urology; Oncology ; Surgery; Oncology
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Part 1. Prostate Cancer -- 1. Epidemiology, Etiological factors, Prevention -- 2. PSA Biology and Prostate Cancer Screening -- 3. Symptoms, Signs, Clinical Examination, Primary Diagnostic Methods and Disease Extension Investigations -- 4. Prostate Cancer Treatment -- Part 2. Bladder tumour -- 5. Epidemiology, Pathology, Etiological factors, Prevention, Screening, Symptoms and Signs -- 6. Investigations (Lab and Radiology) -- 7. Bladder Tumour Treatment -- 8. Non-Urothelial Bladder Cancers -- Part 3. Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinomas -- 9. Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Pathology, Tumour Staging -- 10. Diagnosis of UTUC -- 11. Treatment of UTUC, Prognosis and Follow-Up -- Part 4. Renal Cell Carcinomas -- 12. Epidemiology, Etiology -- 13. Pathology, Genetic Profile, Hereditary Syndromes -- 14. Clinical Features -- 15. Physical Examination, Laboratory and Radiological Investigations -- 16. Treatment of Renal Cell Carcinomas -- Part 5. Male Genital Cancer -- 17. Epidemiology and Etiology of Testicular Cancer -- 18. Histological Classification of Testicular Cancer -- 19. ; Clinical Presentation of Testicular Tumours and Spreading Patterns -- 20. Diagnostic Approaches of Testicular Cancer -- 21. Staging and Risk Categories of Testicular Cancer -- 22. Treatment of Testicular Cancer -- 23. Extra-Gonadal Germ Cell Tumours -- 24. Penile Cancer -- Part 6. Adrenal Gland Cancer -- 25. Epidemiology, Aetiological Factors, Symptoms and Signs of Adrenocortical Carcinomas (ACC) -- 26. Investigations of ACC -- 27. Treatment of Adrenal Gland Cancer -- 28. Malignant Pheochromocytoma -- Part 7. Clinical Scenarios -- 29. Scenarios and Questions -- 30. Proposed Answers.
• Sommario/riassunto: This succinct text provides the reader with essential guidelines on the management of common urological malignancies, giving the reader precise details on risk factors, clinical and investigative assessment, staging and treatment. Urological Cancer Management assists the reader in assimilating salient points through easy learning and unique illustrations. This informative text is the perfect go-to for medical students, paramedical trainees as well as urological residents and consultants who wish to learn more about new concepts and advances reported in recent literature.