Management of Prostate Cancer reflects the evolution and advancement of best practices for the treatment of localized prostate cancer and the management of patients with early PSA progression in those failing local therapy.

Features:

• Resolves some of the controversies surrounding the treatment of localized prostate cancer
• Discusses the timing and appropriateness of adjuvant radiation therapy for surgically treated patients
• Addresses the timing of hormonal deprivation in patients with PSA progression
• Contains discussions of nonhormonal therapies involving chemotherapy, as well as vaccines and immunotherapy-addressing the most currently disputed areas in both local treatment and the treatment of early progression of disease following failure of local treatment
• Explores key areas of investigation including therapeutic interventions for improved survival rates and enhanced quality-of-life Audience

Contents

• Anatomic Radical Prostatectomy
• Conformal Radiation Therapy
• Brachytherapy: Patient Selection and Clinical Outcome
• Brachytherapy Followed by Conformal 3D External Beam Therapy
• PSA Progression after Radical Prostatectomy: Role for Radiation Therapy
• Timing of Hormone Deprivation for PSA Progression Following Local Therapy
• Novel Therapy for PSA Progression in Absence of Imagable Disease Following Local Therapy
• Alternative Medicine in the Management of PSA Progression Following Local Therapy
• Future Prospectives: Vaccines and Gene Therapy in Prostate Cancer

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