Prostate Cancer
The Team Approach
Mosby (Publisher)
Published on 27. March 2013
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-0-7234-3305-7 (ISBN)
Description
Prostate Cancer: The team approach covers the most recent clinical advances in this area in a concise, practical, and visually attractive manner. It is a concise and accessible text, enhanced with specially commissioned state-of-the-art computer graphics, full color illustrations, and over 30 patient management algorithms. It presents a comprehensive and up-to-date account of all the important issues affecting the investigation, diagnosis, management and follow-up of this disease, with special emphasis on the team approach to care of patients. It is written by a world-class author team comprising urologists, medical oncologists, primary care physicians and epidemiologists.
All those caring for patients with prostate cancer will find this book a very useful resource. It will be invaluable to urologists, medical oncologists and primary care practitioners in particular.Covers the team approach to prostate cancer careto reflect current trends in patient care.
Clear and accessible style: easy to read and understand andsuitable for the primary care physician or GP.
Produced throughout in visually attractive full colour, difficult concepts clearly explained, photographs reproduced as they appear in real life.
Contains 30 patient management algorithms to summarise different patient treatment options.
Up-to-date and provides timely advice
Covers current hot topics such as the very latest on drug treatment and gives clear advice on new issues which concern the reader
International, multidisciplinary author team for depth and breadth of knowledge.
Current developments summarised at a glance by "key points" boxes at the opening of each chapter.
All those caring for patients with prostate cancer will find this book a very useful resource. It will be invaluable to urologists, medical oncologists and primary care practitioners in particular.Covers the team approach to prostate cancer careto reflect current trends in patient care.
Clear and accessible style: easy to read and understand andsuitable for the primary care physician or GP.
Produced throughout in visually attractive full colour, difficult concepts clearly explained, photographs reproduced as they appear in real life.
Contains 30 patient management algorithms to summarise different patient treatment options.
Up-to-date and provides timely advice
Covers current hot topics such as the very latest on drug treatment and gives clear advice on new issues which concern the reader
International, multidisciplinary author team for depth and breadth of knowledge.
Current developments summarised at a glance by "key points" boxes at the opening of each chapter.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
St Louis
United States
Publishing group
Elsevier Health Sciences
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Primary: Urologists, urologic oncologists
Secondary: Specialist urologic nurses, family care practitioners, primary care physicians
Illustrations
275 ills.; Illustrations
Weight
1000 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7234-3305-7 (9780723433057)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Author
Professor of Urology, James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute, Director, Adult Urology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD
Consultant Urologist, Department of Urology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland
Associate Professor, Minneapolis VA Center for Chronic Disease Outcomes Research, Univerity of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Velindre Hospital
Content
Introduction
Initial assessment of the patient (procedures carried out by the community team/family practitioner/GP)
Screening (the screening team: mass screening vs case finding)
Investigation (the laboratory team: pathogenesis, evaluating biopsies of screening, radical prostatectomy, relapse, primary diagnosis of advanced disease, the measurement of PSA at all stages)
Treatment (role of surgery, oncology, radiotherapy etc.)
Advanced cancer treatment
Nursing (short chapter, hospital setting)
Follow up (short chapter, cover consultant and primary care follow-up)
Palliative care
Research: future trends (covering the work of the research team in its broadest sense, including epidemiology, drug and basic research)
Initial assessment of the patient (procedures carried out by the community team/family practitioner/GP)
Screening (the screening team: mass screening vs case finding)
Investigation (the laboratory team: pathogenesis, evaluating biopsies of screening, radical prostatectomy, relapse, primary diagnosis of advanced disease, the measurement of PSA at all stages)
Treatment (role of surgery, oncology, radiotherapy etc.)
Advanced cancer treatment
Nursing (short chapter, hospital setting)
Follow up (short chapter, cover consultant and primary care follow-up)
Palliative care
Research: future trends (covering the work of the research team in its broadest sense, including epidemiology, drug and basic research)