Research Catalog

Title

Management of prostate cancer : advances and controversies / [edited by] Kenneth B. Cummings.

Publication

Boca Raton, FL : Marcel Dekker, 2005.

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Additional Authors

Cummings, Kenneth B.

Description

xiii, 405 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Subjects

• Radiotherapy > methods
• Treatment Outcome
• Prostatectomy > methods
• Prostatectomy > adverse effects
• Prostatic Neoplasms > therapy
• Prostate > Cancer
• Radiotherapy > adverse effects
• Patient Selection

Note

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Preface / Kenneth B. Cummings -- 1. Anatomic radical prostatectomy in the management of localized prostate cancer / Daniel W. Lin, James A. Eastham and Peter T. Scardino -- Commentary / Robert P. Myers -- Commentary / Alan W. Partin -- Editorial overview / Kenneth B. Cummings -- 2. Radical perineal prostatectomy in the management of localized prostate cancer / Adrian H. Feng and Martin I. Resnick -- Commentary / Michael J. Harris -- Commentary / Robert P. Gibbons -- Commentary / Phillip Dahm and David F. Paulson -- Editorial overview / Kenneth B. Cummings -- 3. Laparoscopic radical prostatectomy / Sidney C. Abreu, Andrew P. Steinberg and Inderbir S. Gill -- Commentary / Joseph R. Wagner and Caner Z. Dinlenc -- Commentary / Bertrand Guillonneau -- Editorial Overview / Kenneth B. Cummings -- 4. The VIP approach to the treatment of localized cancer of the prostate : robotic radical prostatectomy / Mani Menon and Ashok K. Hemal -- Commentary / David B. Samadi -- Editorial overview / Kenneth B. Cummings -- 5. Three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy : practical aspects, therapeutic ratio, and future directions / Parvesh Kumar -- Commentary / Mark Shaves and Paul F. Schellhammer -- Editorial overview / Kenneth B. Cummings -- 6. Modern prostate brachytherapy / Haakon Ragde -- Commentary / Molly Gabel -- Commentary / Jay Y. Gillenwater -- Editorial overview / Kenneth B. Cummings -- 7. Combined modality therapy with brachytherapy and external beam irradiation in the management of localized prostate cancer / Richard G. Stock and Nelson N. Stone -- Commentary / Michael J. Droller -- Editorial overview / Kenneth B. Cummings -- 8. Cryosurgical ablation of the prostate for prostate cancer : background, technique, and results / Allan J. Pantuck, Amnon Zisman and Arie S. Belldegrun -- Commentary / Louis Pisters -- Editorial overview / Kenneth B. Cummings -- 9. Postprostatectomy radiotherapy / Hari Siva Gurunadha Rao Tunuguntla, Suzanne Generao and Ralph W. de Vere White -- Commentary / H. Ballentine Carter -- Editorial overview / Kenneth B. Cummings -- 10. Androgen deprivation for men with PSA-only failure following radical prostatectomy : when? / Donald L. Trump -- Commentary / Mario A. Eisenberger -- Commentary / Edward M. Messing -- Commentary / E. David Crawford -- Editorial overview / Kenneth B. Cummings -- 11. Novel therapies for PSA progression in the absence of imagable disease following local therapy / Robert S. DiPaola -- Commentary / Neil H. Bander -- Commentary / Susan F. Slovin -- Editorial overview / Kenneth B. Cummings -- 12. Future perspectives : immunotherapy and vaccines in prostate cancer / Johannes Vieweg and Jens Dannull -- Editorial overview / Kenneth B. Cummings.

ISBN

0824754417 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2005041968

OCLC

• ocm57414317
• SCSB-5159805

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries