Comprehensive Textbook of Genitourinary Oncology - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0781749840 ISBN 13: 9780781749848

Publisher: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2005

Synopsis

Thoroughly revised for its Third Edition, this volume is the most comprehensive, multidisciplinary text on genitourinary cancers. This edition has two new editors - Frans M.J. Debruyne and W. Marston Linehan - and more than 50 per cent new contributors. Seventeen new chapters cover familial prostate cancer, biology of bone metastases, molecular pathology and biologic determinants, PSA and related kallikreins, needle biopsy, laparoscopic surgical procedures, 3D conformal radiotherapy, hormones and radiotherapy, integration of chemotherapy and other modalities, quality of life after treatment of localized prostate cancer, management of rising PSA after local therapy, the role of surgery in advanced bladder cancer, post-chemotherapy node dissections and resection of metastatic disease, and stem cell transplantation.

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Review

9780781749848, Volume 7, Issue 355 -- "The original editors, a diverse group, established the book's objectives---to serve as a resource for clinicians from various disciplines, a scientific reference for basic scientists, and a teaching guide for trainees. This newest edition stays true to these objectives and the editors aim to position it, literally, on tables in multidisciplinary clinics around the world. For trainees in the field who are treating patients with complicated conditions, a textbook that is comprehensive and easy to consult is priceless. The academically renowned editors and contributing authors from a broad array of backgrounds have created a comprehensive work with attention given to evidence-based practice patterns. The chapter on the treatment of locally recurrent prostate cancer is well written. In addition, the chapter on prostate biopsy serves as a how-to for the urologist and provides sufficient detail for other specialists to understand the complexities and nuances of the procedure. One of the real strengths of this book is its multidisciplinary nature."

Edition details

• Publisher: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0781749840
• ISBN 13: 9780781749848
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 944
• Editor: Vogelzang Nicholas J., Scardino Peter T., Shipley William U., Debruyne Frans M. J., Linehan W. Marston