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Informationen zum Autor Prokar Dasgupta is Consultant Urological Surgeon, Department of Urology, King's College London, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London Roger S. Kirby is Consultant Urologist, The Prostate Centre, London Foreword by Peter T. Scardino Klappentext Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men in the UK and US and the second most common worldwide.The ABC of Prostate Cancer provides fully illustrated guidance on the treatment and management of prostate cancer. It covers the biology, anatomy, and pathology of prostate cancer, screening, and active surveillance and monitoring. It presents an assessment of treatment options including prostatectomy, bracytherapy, chemotherapy and immunotherapy, along with modern diagnostic tests and an overview of new approaches to prostate cancer.With an international author team, the ABC of Prostate Cancer is ideal for general practitioners, family physicians, specialist nurses, junior doctors, medical students and others working with prostate cancer patients and their families. Zusammenfassung Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men in the UK and US and the second most common worldwide. The ABC of Prostate Cancer provides fully illustrated guidance on the treatment and management of prostate cancer. It covers the biology, anatomy, and pathology of prostate cancer, screening, and active surveillance and monitoring. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contributors vii Foreword ix 1 Applied Anatomy of the Prostate 1 Prasanna Sooriakumaran Karl-Dietrich Sievert Abhishek Srivastava and Ashutosh Tewari 2 Pathology of Prostate Cancer 5 Murali Varma and Ashish Chandra 3 Biology of Prostate Cancer 8 R. William G. Watson and John M. Fitzpatrick 4 Prostate Cancer Diagnosis 11 Robin Weston Anthony J. Costello and Declan G. Murphy 5 Imaging of Prostate Cancer 14 James Halls and Uday Patel 6 Screening for Prostate Cancer 18 Richard J. Bryant and Freddie C. Hamdy 7 Active Surveillance 22 Judith Dockray Pardeep Kumar Lars Holmberg and Gordon Muir 8 Open Radical Prostatectomy 25 Wim van Haute and Hein van Poppel 9 Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy 29 Pardeep Kumar and Declan Cahill 10 Robotic Radical Prostatectomy 33 Ben Challacombe and Jim Peabody 11 Prostate Brachytherapy 37 Peter Acher and Rick Popert 12 HIFU 40 Louise Dickinson Hashim U. Ahmed and Mark Emberton 13 Cryotherapy for Prostate Cancer 44 Alastair Henderson and John Davies 14 Advances in External Beam Radiotherapy 48 David Landau Nadia Walsh and Asad Qureshi 15 Recent Advances in Hormonal Therapy 51 Heather Payne Reena Davda and Mark R. Feneley 16 Management of Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer 54 Roger S. Kirby Prokar Dasgupta and John M. Fitzpatrick 17 Immunology of Prostate Cancer 57 Oussama Elhage Christine Galustian Richard Smith and Prokar Dasgupta 18 New Approaches to Prostate Cancer 63 Megan S. Schober Roger S. Kirby and Prokar Dasgupta Index 67 ...
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Contributors, vii
Foreword, ix
1 Applied Anatomy of the Prostate, 1
Prasanna Sooriakumaran, Karl-Dietrich Sievert, Abhishek Srivastava and Ashutosh Tewari
2 Pathology of Prostate Cancer, 5
Murali Varma and Ashish Chandra
3 Biology of Prostate Cancer, 8
R. William G. Watson and John M. Fitzpatrick
4 Prostate Cancer Diagnosis, 11
Robin Weston, Anthony J. Costello and Declan G. Murphy
5 Imaging of Prostate Cancer, 14
James Halls and Uday Patel
6 Screening for Prostate Cancer, 18
Richard J. Bryant and Freddie C. Hamdy
7 Active Surveillance, 22
Judith Dockray, Pardeep Kumar, Lars Holmberg and Gordon Muir
8 Open Radical Prostatectomy, 25
Wim van Haute and Hein van Poppel
9 Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy, 29
Pardeep Kumar and Declan Cahill
10 Robotic Radical Prostatectomy, 33
Ben Challacombe and Jim Peabody
11 Prostate Brachytherapy, 37
Peter Acher and Rick Popert
12 HIFU, 40
Louise Dickinson, Hashim U. Ahmed and Mark Emberton
13 Cryotherapy for Prostate Cancer, 44
Alastair Henderson and John Davies
14 Advances in External Beam Radiotherapy, 48
David Landau, Nadia Walsh and Asad Qureshi
15 Recent Advances in Hormonal Therapy, 51
Heather Payne, Reena Davda and Mark R. Feneley
16 Management of Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer, 54
Roger S. Kirby, Prokar Dasgupta and John M. Fitzpatrick
17 Immunology of Prostate Cancer, 57
Oussama Elhage, Christine Galustian, Richard Smith and Prokar Dasgupta
18 New Approaches to Prostate Cancer, 63
Megan S. Schober, Roger S. Kirby and Prokar Dasgupta
Index, 67
