Advances and Controversies in Prostate Cancer, An Issue of Urologic Clinics (Volume 37-1) (The Clinics: Internal Medicine, Volume 37-1)

Book info: Advances and Controversies in Prostate Cancer, An Issue of Urologic Clinics (Volume 37-1) (The Clinics: Internal Medicine, Volume 37-1) (Hardcover, 148 pages) – Saunders, 2010. Language: English.

An estimated 234,000 new cases of prostate cancer will be diagnosed in the United States this year, making it one of the most common cancers affecting American men; however, it can be a controversial disease to diagnose and treat now that there is research abounding for both “watchful waiting” and aggressive treatments. Dr. Oh supplies balanced information, with articles on: Prostate Cancer: To Screen or Not To Screen?; High Intensity Focused Ultrasound: Ready for Primetime?; The Case for Open vs. Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy; Primary and Salvage Prostate Cancer Cryotherapy; and The Case for Open vs. Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy, to name a few. The state-of-the art information presented in this issue make is must-have for all urologists.