Systemic treatment of prostate cancer
By: edited by Alan Horwich
Series: Oxford oncology library
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 90
ISBN-13: 9780199561421
Subjects: Therapy; Treatment; Cancer; Diagnosis; Prostatic Neoplasms; Prostate
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Biological principles of hormone therapy; title: PSA as a marker of progression and response in advanced prostate cancer; title: Neo-adjuvant and adjuvant hormone therapy for high-risk localized prostate cancer; title: Systemic treatment of recurrence after local therapies; title: First-line hormone therapy for metastatic prostate cancer; title: Second- and third-line hormone therapies; title: Chemotherapy for metastatic prostate cancer; title: Role of bisphosphonates in the systemic treatment of prostate cancer; title: Systemic isotope therapy of bone metastasis; title: Biological targets and new drug development for prostate cancer.