Prostate Cancer Screening

✍ Scribed by Wael A. Sakr MD, Clara Ward MA (auth.), Ian M. Thompson MD, Martin I. Resnick MD, Eric A. Klein MD (eds.)

Publisher: Humana Press
Year: 2001
Tongue: English
Leaves: 319
Series: Current Clinical Urology
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Epidemiology of Prostate Cancer....Pages 1-23
Natural History of Prostate Cancer....Pages 25-45
Mathematical Issues: PSA Testing....Pages 47-62
Evidence of Benefit of Screening in Other Cancers....Pages 63-77
The Role of Prostate Specific Antigen and Its Variants in Prostate Cancer Screening....Pages 79-90
The Digital Rectal Examination in Prostate Cancer Screening....Pages 91-96
Philosophical Reflections on PSA Screening....Pages 97-104
Imaging in Prostate Cancer Screening....Pages 105-130
Risk Factors for Prostate Cancer....Pages 131-145
Transrectal Ultrasound and Artificial Neural Networks in the Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer....Pages 147-156
Evidence of the Effectiveness of Prostate Cancer Screening....Pages 157-174
Prostate Cancer Screening....Pages 175-185
Quality of Life and Health Behavior in Prostate Cancer Screening Populations....Pages 187-208
Prostate Cancer Screening Recommendations from Organized Medicine....Pages 209-221
Informed Consent and Prostate Specific Antigen Screening....Pages 223-238
Experience of Prostate Cancer Awareness Week....Pages 239-254
The Laval University Screening Trial Results....Pages 255-279
Cancer of the Prostate Risk Index Test and Software (CAPRI)....Pages 281-289
The European Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer (ERSPC)....Pages 291-310
Back Matter....Pages 311-318

✦ Subjects

Urology/Andrology

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