Prostate Cancer: A Multidisciplinary Guide

Kantoff, P.W. et al. (eds.)

ISBN 10: 086542456X / ISBN 13: 9780865424562

Published by Wiley–Blackwell, 1997

About this Item

This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,650grams, ISBN:9780865424562.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Prostate Cancer: A Multidisciplinary Guide
• Publisher: Wiley Blackwell
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 086542456X
• ISBN 13: 9780865424562
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 650 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Medicine

About this title

Synopsis

The goal of this book is to sort out - in concise, readable form - the many diagnostic and therapeutic options available to those physicians who deal with prostatic disease. A discussion of pathophysiology is brief but clinically relevant; similar short chapters on patient screening amd staging are also included. The authors summarise current thinking on peripheral issues like the psychological and sexual effects of prostate diseases. A chapter on long-term follow up is particularly important to the primary care physician.

From the Back Cover

This new book entitled Prostate Cancer has been subtitled A Multidisciplinary Guide to fully explain the goals the authors had in mind when writing this book. Edited by three outstanding urologists from three of the Harvard hospitals, Prostate Cancer: A Multidisciplinary Guide has been carefully designed for use by physicians who do not routinely care for prostate cancer on a daily basis. The book provides a balanced yet focused view of topics including screening, staging, radiation therapy, hormone therapy, and alternative treatments. Chapters have been written by a "team" of co-authors representing different specialties with somewhat different perspectives. To give the reader a critique of the areas of controversy and disagreement, crucial issues are discussed in editorial comments at the end of each chapter. The end result is a book that will be useful to anyone interested in the challenge of treating prostate cancer.