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Fast Facts: Prostate Cancer, 7th edn
By Roger S Kirby and
Manish I Patel
Published 2012
120 pages
ISBN 978-1-905832-99-6
$25.00 (Our delivery cost is a flat fee of $9.00 so the more you order the better!)
"The time has come to abandon the prevalent attitude of nihilism about prostate cancer because, potentially, much suffering could be avoided and many lives saved." So say the world-renowned authors of Fast Facts: Prostate Cancer.
This new edition provides a comprehensive overview of the improved diagnostic testing and better staging techniques that allow practitioners to distinguish the aggressive cancers from those that may not need treatment. It also provides readily accessible information on the rapidly evolving technologies and treatments that are helping to eradicate the cancer whilst minimizing the collateral damage to adjacent structures.
This clearly written and succinct handbook provides an invaluable update on a fast-changing area for all those who provide support and care for men with prostate cancer, from the primary care team to the specialist.
Contents
Epidemiology and pathophysiology; Diet, lifestyle and chemoprevention; Screening and presentation; Prognostic indicators and staging; Management of localized and high-risk disease; Managing recurrence after initial therapy; Management of metastatic disease; Management of castrate-resistant disease; Management of treatment complications
Reviews
“I found Fast Facts: Prostate Cancer easy to read …and understand …and logically organized. I was particularly impressed by the diagrams and the (helpful) chapter summaries. Chapters (4 and 5) on prognosis and management are especially good.”
Professor Trevor M Jones CBE, March 2013
Following in the Fast Facts format, this is 10 chapters packed with wonderful nuggets of knowledge to inform and equip the reader with the latest in prostate cancer ... barely a word is wasted ... the prose flows in an easy style that makes this a ready travelling companion or a stop-gap for a quiet moment in theatre.
... a handy little book that will, I am sure, largely achieve its aims of equipping
non-specialists and specialists alike with a broad overview of the main facts of prostate cancer. It rather resembles a ‘ fireside chat ’ in that the reader should not expect rigorous and referenced detail, but instead a masterly overview of the situation ...
Alastair Lamb, Urology Specialist Registrar, for BJU International, July 2012.
[Full review here]
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The authors
Roger S Kirby
Professor of Urology, Director, The Prostate Centre, London, UK
Manish I Patel
Senior Lecturer, University of Sydney, and Urological Cancer Surgeon, Westmead and Sydney Adventist Hospital, Westmead, Australia
