Treatment Options in Urological Cancer.

Cancer forms a large part of urological practice. Prostate cancer is the most significant and is the second most common cause of male cancer deaths with some 300,000 cases in the USA annually. Cancer of the bladder is also common. While treatment has been primarily surgical, recent years have seen a...

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Main Author: Waxman, Jonathan
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester : John Wiley & Sons, 2008.
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Summary:Cancer forms a large part of urological practice. Prostate cancer is the most significant and is the second most common cause of male cancer deaths with some 300,000 cases in the USA annually. Cancer of the bladder is also common. While treatment has been primarily surgical, recent years have seen an explosion of new drug therapies for urological cancers. All urologists, whether in training or in practice, need an up-to-date survey of the literature and key findings in this important and controversial field. This book takes each organ in turn (prostate, kidney, bladder, testis and penis) and t.
Physical Description:1 online resource (408 pages)
ISBN:9780470756904
047075690X
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.