Challenges in prostate cancer
By: edited by Winsor Bowsher and Adam Carter.
Contributors: Bowsher, Winsor.; Carter, Adam, Dr.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Blackwell Pub.
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Malden, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 282
ISBN-13: 9781405107525
Subjects: Prostate -- Cancer.; Prostatic Neoplasms.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: An update on biotechnology in the assessment of prostate cancer; title: What can we learn from breast cancer?; title: New serum markers for prostate cancer; title: The history of tissue recombination technology: current and future research; title: Why can't we use the results of non-randomised trials to inform us about treatment for early prostate cancer?; title: Equivocal PSA results and free total PSA ratio; title: Equivocal prostate needle biopsies; title: Prostate biopsy: how many cores and where from?; title: Counselling patients with early prostate cancer; title: The role of pelvic node dissection in prostate cancer; title: Laparoscopic radical prostectomy; title: Endocrine therapy for prostate cancer: the latest; title: The role of conservative policies in the treatment of prostate cancer; title: Complementary and alternative therapies for prostate cancer; title: Radical prostatectomy after radical radiotherapy; title: Treatment of renal impairment secondary to locally advanced prostate cancer; title: Open radical prostatectomy: how can intraoperative, perioperative, and postoperative complications be prevented?; title: Documenting prostate cancer: epidemiology and treatment; title: Trends in prostate cancer incidence and mortality; title: Chemotherapy in prostate cancer.