1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910461223303321

Titolo

Prostate cancer [[electronic resource] /] / guest editors, Allen Chen, Srinivasan Vijayakumar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Demos Medical, c2011

ISBN

1-283-13244-3

9786613132444

1-61705-067-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (172 p.)

Collana

Radiation medicine rounds, , 2151-4208 ; ; v. 2, issue 1

Altri autori (Persone)

ChenAllen

VijayakumarSrinivasan

Disciplina

616.99/463

Soggetti

Prostate - Cancer - Radiotherapy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical refesrences and index.

Nota di contenuto

New biomarkers in prostate cancer / Javier Torres-Roca -- Risk stratification in non-metastatic prostate cancer : implications for treatment / Richard E. Peschel -- Treatment of favorable risk prostate cancer / Patrick Kupelian -- Treatment of intermediate risk prostate cancer / Arthur Hung -- High-risk prostate cancer / Chirag Shah ... [et al.] -- Duration and timing of neoadjuvant/adjuvant androgen deprivation in non-metastatic prostate cancer / Ronald C. Chen, Jordan A. Holmes, and Anthony V. D'Amico -- Current role of salvage and adjuvant radiotherapy for prostate cancer / Peter J. Rossi ... [et al.] -- Prostate brachytherapy / Sean M. McBride and Irving D. Kaplan -- Stereotactic body radiation therapy for prostate cancer / Thomas Boike and Robert Timmerman -- Proton beam radiotherapy for prostate cancer / Andrew Lee and Quynh Nguyen -- Image-guided strategies for prostate cancer / Matthew Stenmark and Daniel Hamstra -- Treatment of intermediate-risk prostate cancer / John A. Kalapurakal -- Chemoprevention in prostate cancer : current clinical evidence / Jason M. Phillips and Al Barqawi -- Quality-of-life issues in the radiotherapeutic management of localized prostate cancer / Thomas J. Pugh and Steven J. Frank.



Sommario/riassunto

This issue of Radiation Medicine Rounds examines the latest advances in the use of radiation medicine in treatment of prostate cancer Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in males and radiation therapy is a major tool in the management of the disease. This issue of Radiation Medicine Rounds includes reviews of all major recent advances in treatment of favorable, intermediate and high-risk prostate cancer as well as newer modalities such as brachytherapy, stereotactic body radiation therapy, and proton beam radiotherapy. Articles also review current knowledge in the areas of new biomarkers

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910465165503321

Titolo

Evolutionary forensic psychology [[electronic resource] ] : Darwinian foundations of crime and law / / edited by Joshua D. Duntley and Todd K. Shackelford

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2008

ISBN

9786611515102

0-19-971715-X

1-281-51510-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (329 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DuntleyJoshua

ShackelfordTodd K <1971-> (Todd Kennedy)

Disciplina

614/.15

Soggetti

Forensic psychology

Evolutionary psychology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; Part One: Introduction and Overview; 1 Evolutionary Forensic Psychology; 2 The Promise of Evolutionary Psychology for Criminology: The Examples of Gender and Age; Part Two: Adaptation and Violent Crimes; 3 The Origins of Homicide; 4 Intimate Partner Violence; Part Three: Adaptation and Sex Crimes; 5 The Evolutionary Psychology of Sexual Harassment; 6 Evolutionary



Psychological Perspectives on Rape; 7 The World's Oldest Profession: Evolutionary Insights into Prostitution; Part Four: Adaptation and the Production of Criminal Behavior

8 Risk-Taking, Antisocial Behavior, and Life Histories9 Theft; 10 In Cold Blood: The Evolution of Psychopathy; Part Five: Victims of Crime; 11 Victim Adaptations; 12 The Evolution of a Sense of Justice; Part Six: Applications and Future Directions; 13 Reducing Crime Evolutionarily; 14 Did the Victim Deserve to Die? Darwin Goes to Court; Author Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; Subject Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W

Sommario/riassunto

The field of forensic psychology explores the intersection of psychology and the law. The purpose of this book is to examine topics in the field using the powerful, multidisciplinary, conceptually integrated approach that the natural sciences have embraced for decades with great success.  Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection is the meta-theoretical framework that unifies the field of biology. It unites research and understanding of the development, control, and organization of behavior. The study of humans, which includes all of the social sciences, is part of the field of biology