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Treatment Methods for Early and Advanced Prostate Cancer book cover

1st Edition

Treatment Methods for Early and Advanced Prostate Cancer

Edited By Roger S. Kirby, Alan Partin, J. Kellogg Parsons, Mark Feneley Copyright 2008

    Prostate cancer is treated in a number of different ways, depending on a host of different factors, ranging from the severity of the cancer, the health of the patient, their age, and their own personal choice of treatment.  Whether the choice is open or laparoscopic surgery, laser treatment or cryoablation, ultimately, the options open to

    Section A: General Considerations Affecting Treatment Options for Patients with Prostate Cancer  1. Mortality trends in prostate cancer  2. Decision-making for men with prostate cancer  3. Practical and realistic lifestyle changes and supplements for the man concerned about prostate cancer: what do I tell my patients  4. Preservation of sexual function in prostate cancer treatment  5. Quality of life instruments for prostate cancer  Section B: Treatment Options for localised prostate cancer  6. Comparison of treatment modalities for prostate cancer by quality of life instruments  7. Natural history and expectant management of prostate cancer  8. Clinical trials comparing expectant management to definitive treatment of prostate cancer (PIVOT, Holmberg, PROTECT, etc.)  9. Anatomical considerations of radical prosptatectomy  10. Anatomic radical retropubic prostatectomy  11. Radical retropubic prostatectomy: contemporary modifications  12. The role of lymphadenectomy in prostate cancer  13. Clinical management of rising prostate specific antigen after radical retropubic prostatectomy  14. Radical perineal prostatectomy  15. Laparoscopic and robotic radical prostatectomy  16. Vattikuti Institute Prostatectomy  17. Making the transition from open to roboticlly assisted radical prostatectomy  18. Initial management of high risk early stage prostate cancer: surgery  19. Prevention And Management Of Complications Associated With Open Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy  20. External beam radiotherapy for the treatment of prostate cancer  21. Brachytherapy for the treatment of prostate cancer  22. High dose rate as monotherapy or as a boost: the new prostate brachytherapy  23. Magnetic resonance image-guided partial prostatic irradiation in select patients with clinically localized adenocarcinoma of the prostate  24. H

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    Roger S. Kirby, Alan Partin, J. Kellogg Parsons, Mark Feneley

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