Prostate cancer : diagnosis and clinical management / / edited by Ashutosh K. Tewari, Peter Whelan, John Graham

• Pubblicazione: Hoboken, New Jersey : , : John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xi, 338 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)
• Disciplina: 616.99463
• Soggetto topico: Prostate - Cancer - Diagnosis; Prostate - Cancer - Treatment; Nursing care plans
• Altri autori: TewariAshutosh K WhelanPeter GrahamJohn
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Prostate cancer and epidemiology / Aaron Katz, Annie Darves & Joe Park -- Diagnosis and screening / Yiannis Philippou, Harveer Dev, and Prasanna Sooriakumaran -- Understanding histopathology / Jonathan Oxley -- Markers in prostate cancer / Philippa J. Cheetham -- Imaging / Jonathan Richenberg -- Counseling the patient with newly diagnosed prostate cancer, stage by stage / Nicholas James Smith and William Richard Cross -- Active surveillance in the management of low risk prostate cancer / L. Boccon-Gibod -- Radical surgery / Adnan Ali, Ashutosh Tewari -- Radiation therapy in the management of prostate cancer / J. Conibear and P.J. Hoskin -- Novel therapies for localized prostate cancer / Massimo Valerio, Mark Emberton, Manit Arya, and Hashim U. Ahmed -- Post therapy follow-up and first intervention / Ernesto R. Cordeiro, Anastasios Anastasiadis, Matias Westendarp, Jean J.M.C.H. de la Rosette, and Theo M. de Reijke -- Managing rising PSA, in naive and post therapy patients / George Thalmann and Martin Spahn -- Diagnostic and management of metastatic prostate cancer / Bertrand Tombal and Frederic Lecouvet -- New therapies in hormone relapsed disease / Carmel Pezaro, Aurelius Omlin, Diletta Bianchini, and Johann de Bono -- End of life care in prostate cancer / John Graham -- The long perspective : prostate cancer as a chronic disease / Peter Whelan -- The future : what's in the toolkit for prostate cancer diagnosis and the treatment? / Norman Maitland.
• Sommario/riassunto: Do you manage patients with prostate cancer? Could you use an expert guide examining all possible management options? Prostate Cancer: diagnosis and clinical management providesurologists and oncologists of all levels with up-to-date, evidence-based guidance to the diagnosis, treatment and clinical management of a disease which accounts for a quarter of all cancers affecting men. Designed to be as practical and accessible as possible, leading experts discuss key issues in prostate cancer management and examine how to deliver best practi
• Titolo autorizzato: Prostate cancer
• ISBN: 1-118-34739-0; 1-118-34737-4; 1-118-34738-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910821496903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II