Carcinoma of the Prostate: Innovations in Management [Hardcover]

Zbigniew Petrovich (Editor), Luc Baert (Editor), Luther W. Brady (Editor), D.G. Skinner (Preface), L.W. Brady (Foreword), H.-P. Heilmann (Foreword)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 15, 1996 | ISBN-10: 3540587497 | ISBN-13: 978-3540587491 | Edition: 1

The book provides comprehensive coverage of innovations in the management of capsula-confined and metastatic endocrine-responsive and endocrine-unresponsive prostate cancer. Besides detailed chapters on the entire range of treatment options, there are background chapters on the epidemiology, development, and natural history of the untreated disease. The controversial issue of the value of prostate-specific antigen as a screening tool is also fully discussed. All chapters have been written by internationally recognized experts in their fields.
This volume is an authoritative review of treatment concepts that will appeal to all concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of carcinoma of the prostate.

Editorial Reviews

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"...will serve as a source of well-founded and well referenced information on all aspects of the many problems encountered" - European Radiology

Product Details

• Hardcover: 360 pages
• Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (January 15, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 3540587497
• ISBN-13: 978-3540587491
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,483,593 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)