Prostate Cancer,: Science and Clinical Practice - Hardcover

Jack Mydlo

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0122869818 ISBN 13: 9780122869815

Publisher: Academic Press, 2003

Synopsis

An important translational book bridging the gap between science and clinical medicine, Prostate Cancer reviews the biological processes that can be implicated in the disease, reviews current treatments, highlighting the pitfalls where relevant and examines the scientific developments that might result in novel treatments in the future.

Key Features
* Provides a translational resource for scientists and clinicians working on prostate cancer
* Reviews current surgical interventions and highlights their related pitfalls
* Presents the latest laparoscopic techniques with figures and illustrations of step-by-step procedures
* Offers insight into the potential for novel approaches to treatment in the future
* Includes personal perspectives from patients

About this title

Review:

Presents a thorough overview of the prostate cancer disease, reviewing the biological processes, current treatments and scientific developments that may yield new treatments in the future.

About the Author:

Jack H. Mydlo, MD, FACS, is Professor and Chair of Urology at Temple University School of Medicine. A native of Brooklyn, he went to SUNY Buffalo for undergraduate work and then received his MD degree from SUNY Downstate Medical School in 1981. Following his urology residency at Montefiore Hospital/Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, he completed a three-year fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering in 1989. He returned to SUNY Downstate Medical School as an Assistant Professor of Urology and progressed to an Associate Professor of Urology. He accepted the position of Professor and Chair of Urology at Temple University Hospital in 2000. He is also the residency program director for the Urology Department.

Dr. Mydlo has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles, several textbook chapters, and has edited two urological textbooks in renal and prostate cancer. His interests include urologic trauma, urologic oncology, and erectile dysfunction. He has lectured in numerous cities over the United States and Europe. He is a member of the American Urological Association as well as a member of the AUA Judicial and Ethics Committee, The Mid-Atlantic Section of the AUA, The Philadelphia Urologic Society, and a fellow of the American College of Surgeons.

About this edition

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0122869818
• ISBN 13: 9780122869815
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 250