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1 online resource (102 pages) |
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computer c rdamedia |
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Oxford Oncology Library |
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Oxford oncology library.
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| Contents |
Biological principles of hormone therapy -- PSA as a marker of progression and response in advanced prostate cancer -- Neo-adjuvant and adjuvant hormone therapy for high-risk localized prostate cancer -- Systemic treatment of recurrence after local therapies -- First-line hormone therapy for metastatic prostate cancer -- Second- and third-line hormone therapies -- Chemotherapy for metastatic prostate cancer -- Role of bisphosphonates in the systemic treatment of prostate cancer -- Systemic isotope therapy of bone metastasis -- Biological targets and new drug development for prostate cancer. |
| Summary |
Prostate cancer is one of the commonest cancers in men in the western world, and the prevalence is rising currently due to improvements in screening and treatment. Serum PSA represents a useful marker of disease. It has frequently a long natural history, creating the opportunities for multiple sequential therapeutic interventions. For patients with high risk local disease or with metastases, endocrine therapy is central to management. Hormone ablation has long been the mainstay ofendocrine therapy in this group of patients, though anti-androgens, oestrogens and corticosteroids can also cause r. |
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Print version record. |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Prostate -- Cancer -- Diagnosis.
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Prostate -- Cancer -- Treatment.
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Prostate -- Diseases.
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Generative organs, Male -- Diseases.
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Genitourinary organs -- Diseases.
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Diseases.
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Genital Neoplasms, Male |
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Prostatic Diseases |
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Genital Diseases, Male |
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Urogenital Neoplasms |
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Male Urogenital Diseases |
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Neoplasms by Site |
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Disease |
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Neoplasms |
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Prostatic Neoplasms |
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Female Urogenital Diseases |
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Prostate -- Cancer -- Traitement.
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Prostate -- Maladies.
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Organes génitaux mâles -- Maladies.
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Appareil urogénital -- Maladies.
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Maladies.
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illness.
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disease.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Cancer.
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MEDICAL -- Oncology.
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Prostate -- Diseases
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Genitourinary organs -- Diseases
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Generative organs, Male -- Diseases
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Diseases
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Prostate -- Cancer -- Diagnosis
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Prostate -- Cancer -- Treatment
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Horwich, Alan. Systemic Treatment of Prostate Cancer. Oxford : OUP Oxford, ©2010 9780199561421 |
| ISBN |
9780191575815 (electronic bk.) |
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019157581X (electronic bk.) |
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1283348330 |
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9781283348331 |
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0199561427 |
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9780199561421 |
| Standard No. |
AU@ 000048843883 |
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DEBBG BV043138184 |
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DEBBG BV044158970 |
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DEBSZ 421492589 |
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