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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910816447003321
• 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
• 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""