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

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. Product Details Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine (Book 37) Hardcover: 148 pages Publisher: Saunders; 1 edition (March 16, 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 1437719163 ISBN-13: 978-1437719161 ISBN-13: 9781437719161 eText ISBN: 9781455700745