Prostatic Diseases

SECTION 1 - INTRODUCTION Chapter 1 Development of the Prostate ... Ellen Shapiro Chapter 2 Anatomy of the Prostate ... Arnon Krongrad Chapter 3 Neuroanatomy and Physiology of the Prostate ... William Steers Chapter 4 The Molecular Biology of Prostatic Growth ... Mitchel Steiner Chapter 5 Endocrinology of the Prostate ... Chung Lee, Lynn Janulis, and John Grayhack Chapter 6 Imaging of the Prostate ... Martin Resnick SECTION 2 BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA Chapter 7 Etiology of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia ... Alan Parten Chapter 8 Natural History of BPH ... Michael Barry Chapter 9 Epidemiology of BPH... Harry Guess Chapter 10 Clinical Manifestations and Indications for Treatment ... Reginald Bruskewitz Chapter 11 The Role of Guidelines in the Diagnosis and Treatment of BPH ... Claus Roehrborn Chapter 12 Pathophysiology of Clinical PBH ... Herbert Lepor Chapter 13 Experimental Studies on Bladder Outlet Obstruction ... Robert Levin, Alison Brading, Penelope Longhurst, and Ian Mills Chapter 14 The Diagnosis of Obstructive Uropathy ... Victor Nitti Chapter 15 Criteria for Assessing Outcome Following Intervention for BPH ... Alan J. Wein Chapter 16 Transurethral Resection of the Prostate ... Logan Holtgrewe Chapter 17 Transurethral Incision of the Prostate ... Reginald Bruskowitz Chapter 18 Open Prostatectomy ... Lytton Chapter 19 Laser Prostatectomy ... Christopher Dixon Chapter 20 Microwave Therapy ... Michael Blute Chapter 21 High Intensity Focused Ultrasound ... Richard Foster, Narendra T. Sanghvi, and Richard Bihrle Chapter 22 Alpha Blockade in the Management of BPH ... Herbert Lepor Chapter 23 Androgen Suppression in the Management of BPH ... John McConnell Chapter 24 Aromatase Inhibitors in the Management of BPH ... Ronald Lewis and Fathy El-Etreby Chapter 25 Comparative Pathology of BPH ... John Strandberg SECTION 3 PROSTATE CANCER Chapter 26 Natural History and Epidemiology of Prastate Cancer ... Paul Lange and Daniel Lin Chapter 27 Animal and Experimental Models of Prostate Cancer ... Maarten Bosland Chapter 28 Rationale for the Early Detection of Prostate Cancer ... Samir Taneja Chapter 29 Prostate-Specific Antigen ... Michael Brawer Chapter 30 Transrectal Ultrasound and the Prostate Biopsy: Clinical and Pathological Issues ... Martin Resnick Chapter 31 Watchful Waiting as a Management Option for Prostate Cancer ... Joseph Oesterling Chapter 32 The Surgical Management of Prostate Cancer: Radical Retropubic and Radical Perineal Prostatectomy ... Robert Myers Chapter 33 External Beam Radiation Therapy: The Photon and Neutron Beams ... Arthur Porter Chapter 34 Radioactive Seed Implants ... Robert Waldbaum and Jay Bosworth Chapter 35 Cryosurgical Ablation of the Prostate Gland ... Peter Carroll Chapter 36 Androgen Deprivation Therapy ... Paul Schellhammer and Ofer Shenfeld Chapter 37 Management of Clinically Localized (stage T1a T2c) Prostate Cancer ... Herbert Lepor Chapter 38 Management of Locoregionally Advanced (stage T3) M0-T1-4N+M0 ... Mark Soloway Chapter 39 Management of Persistent/Recurrent Disease After Initial Definitive Therapy ... peter Scardino Chapter 40 Management of Advanced (stage T1-4NxM+) Prostate Cancer ... David Crawford Chapter 41 Management of Androgen-Independent Prostate Cancer ... Kenneth Pienta SECTION 4 PROSTATITIS Chapter 42 Histopathology and Cytology of Prostatitis ... Betsy Bennett Chapter 43 Etiology of Prostatitis ... Wade Bushman Chapter 44 Clinical Manifestations and Diagnosis of Acute and Chronic Bacterial Prostatitis ... Jackson Fowler Chapter 45 Management of Nonbacterial Prostatitis and Prostatodynia ... Timothy Moon