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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454240003321

Titolo

Prostate cancer : principles and practice / / Jacob Ramon, Louis J. Denis, editors ; contributors Claude Clement Abbou [and fourteen others] ; Nadja Kroke, production editor ; Frido Steinen-Broo, cover design

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Springer, , 2007

©2007

ISBN

1-4698-7454-7

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (301 p.)

Disciplina

616.99/463

Soggetti

Prostate - Cancer

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

""cover""; ""Copyright""; ""Editor""; ""Preface""; ""International Prostate Health Council""; ""Contents ""; ""1 - Epidemiology of Prostate Cancer""; ""2 - Natural History of Prostatic Carcinoma The Pathologist's Perspective""; ""3 - Prognostic Factors in Prostate Cancer""; ""4 - The Prevention of Prostate Cancer""; ""5 - Prostate Cancer Screening""; ""6 - Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer""; ""7 - Does Localized Prostate Cancer Exist""; ""8 - Staging of Prostate Cancer""; ""9 - Guidelines and Counselling for Treatment Options in the Management of Prostate Cancer""; ""10 - Choices for Surgery""

""11 - Radiation Therapy in Prostate Cancer""""12 - Cryoablation and High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound""; ""13 - The Role of Hormonal Treatment in Prostate Cancer""; ""14 -  Androgen-Independent Prostate Cancer""; ""15 - Prostate Cancer Treatment and Quality of Life""; ""16 - Europa Uomo The European Prostate Cancer Coalition""