Prostate cancer
By: Primo N. Lara
Series: Oxford American oncology library
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 113
ISBN-13: 9780199754786
Subjects: Therapy; Diagnosis; Cancer; Prostatic Neoplasms; Prostate; Handbooks
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prostate cancer : overview, epidemiology, and risk factors; title: Prostate cancer biology; title: Prostate cancer screening; title: Clinical presentation; title: Pathology of prostate cancer; title: Staging and risk stratification of prostate cancer; title: Surgical treatment of localized prostate cancer; title: Treatment of localized prostate cancer : radiation therapy; title: Active surveillance for localized prostate cancer; title: Advanced/metastatic disease : treatment strategies for hormone-naive disease; title: Androgen-independent or castration-resistant disease; title: Ancillary or supportive therapies.