| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 342 pages) : color illustrations |
| Contents |
I. Prostate cancer. The molecular biology of prostate cancer / Sarah Ngan and Jonathan Waxman ; Familial prostate cancer / Sashi S. Kommu and Rosalind A. Eeles ; Screening for prostate cancer / Joshua Phillips and Freddie C. Hamdy ; Diet and prostate cancer / Danish Mazhar ; Radical radiotherapy for prostate cancer / Mererid Evans and Malcolm D. Mason ; Prostate cancer: immediate vs. deferred treatment / Mark A. Underwood and David Kirk ; Surgical treatment of prostate cancer / Mark R. Feneley and Roger S. Kirby ; Hormone therapy for prostate cancer / Gairin J. Dancey and Jonathan Waxman ; Chemotherapy in prostate cancer / Srikala S. Sridhar and Malcolm J. Moore ; Proteomic approaches to problem solving in prostate cancer / Simon C. Gamble ; Gene therapy for prostate cancer / Danish Mazhar and Roopinder Gillmore -- II. Bladder cancer. Molecular biology of bladder cancer / Margaret A. Knowles ; Treatment options in superficial (pTA/pT1/CIS) bladder cancer / Jeremy L. Ockrim and Paul D. Abel ; Chemotherapy for bladder cancer / Matthew D. Galsky and Dean F. Bajorin ; Gene therapy of urothelial malignancy / Sunjay Jain and J. Kilian Mellon -- III. Kidney cancer. Molecular biology of kidney cancer / Jeffrey M. Holzbeierlein and J. Brantley Thrashe ; Cytokine and angiogenesis inhibitors / Simon Chowdhury, Timothy G. Eisen, and Martin Gore ; Novel therapies for renal cell cancer / Mayer N. Fishman -- IV. Testicular cancer. Genetics and biology of adult male germ cell tumors / Jane Houldsworth, George J. Bosl, and R.S.K. Chaganti ; Chemotherapy for testicular cancer / Thomas R. Geldart and Graham M. Mead ; Surgery for testicular cancer / Gillian L. Smith and Timothy J. Christmas ; Pathobiological basis of treatment strategies of germ cell tumors / J. Wolter Oosterhuis, Friedemann Honecker, Frank Mayer, Carsten Bokemeyer, and L.H.J. Looijenga -- V. Penile cancer. A scientific understanding of the development of penile tumors / T.R. Leyshon Griffiths and J. Kilian Mellon ; The clinical management of penile cancer / Rajiv Sarin, Hemant B. Tongaonkar, and Reena Engineer -- VI. Unusual urological tumors. Oncocytomas and rare renal tumors / Holger Moch ; Small cell tumors, lymphomas, and sertoli cell and Leydig cell tumors of the bladder, prostate, and testis / Chris M. Bacon and Alex Freeman |
| Summary |
"This book outlines developments in all areas of urological cancer, bringing together, in one volume, summaries of clinical and molecular advances, which will be invaluable to urologists and oncologists."--Jacket |
| Analysis |
geneeskunde |
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medicine |
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volksgezondheid |
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public health |
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urinestelsel |
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urinary system |
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oncologie |
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oncology |
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Medicine (General) |
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Geneeskunde (algemeen) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| In |
Springer e-books |
| Subject |
Genitourinary organs -- Cancer
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Genitourinary organs -- Cancer -- Treatment
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Urologic Neoplasms -- therapy
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Urologic Neoplasms -- physiopathology
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MEDICAL -- Oncology.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Cancer.
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Genitourinary organs -- Cancer.
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Genitourinary organs -- Cancer -- Treatment.
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Genitourinary organs -- Cancer.
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Genitourinary organs -- Cancer -- Treatment.
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Urologische Onkologie
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Waxman, Jonathan.
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| ISBN |
9781846280153 |
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184628015X |
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9781852339111 |
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185233911X |
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