Main description:

This evidence-based, state of the art guide to the management of urological malignancies, including bladder cancer, prostate cancer, and testicular cancer, is designed to serve as an easy-to-consult reference that will assist in daily decision making and the delivery of optimal care for individual patients within a multidisciplinary setting. Readers will find up-to-date information on patient selection and the full range of treatment modalities, including modern radiotherapy techniques, systemic chemotherapy, surgical procedures (including robotic surgery and other minimally invasive approaches), hormonal therapies, immunotherapy, and focal therapies. With regard to radiotherapy, the coverage encompasses everything from delineation of tumor volumes and organs at risk based on CT simulation through to delivery of stereotactic body radiotherapy, intensity-modulated radiation therapy, tomotherapy, volumetric modulated arc therapy, and proton therapy. The authors are leading authorities with international reputations who have been selected for their expertise in the topic that they address. The book will be of value for all practicing urooncologists as well as other oncology fellows and residents interested in urooncology.

Contents:

1. Selection criteria based on Radiation Oncology perspective for definitive treatment approaches in urological cancers

2. Radiological imaging in urological cancers

3. The role of functional imaging in urological cancers

4. Surgery in renal cell cancer

5. Systemic therapies in renal cell cancer

6. The role of radiotherapy in renal cell cancer

7. Screening of prostate cancer: Pros and Cons

8. Risk groupings in prostate cancer

9. Active surveillance in low risk cancer: Pros and Cons

10. Alternative focal therapies in low-risk prostate cancer: HiFU and Cryotherapy

11. Robotic surgery in prostate cancer

12. Radical retropubic prostatectomy in low-high risk prostate cancer

13. Guidelines for the delineation of primary tumor target volume in prostate cancer

14. Guidelines for the delineation of lymphatic target volumes in prostate cancer

15. Modern radiotherapy techniques in prostate cancers

16. Protontherapy for prostate cancer

17. Brachytherapy for prostate cancer

18. Stereotactic body radiotherapy for prostate cancer

19. The role of hormonal therapies and radiotherapy in prostate cancer

20. The role of hormonal therapies after surgery

21. PSA after radiotherapy: Biochemical failure and PSA bounce

22. Adjuvant and Salvage Radiotherapy in prostate cancer

23. Reirradiation in prostate cancer

24. Systemic chemotherapies in the management of prostate cancer

25. Translational research and immunotherapy in prostate cancer

26. Surgery in superficial and invasive bladder cancer

27. Target volume delineation guidelines in bladder cancer

28. Bladder preservation therapies in bladder cancer

29. Systemic chemotherapies in bladder cancers

30. Translational research and immunotherapy in bladder cancer

31. Radiolabelled targeted therapies in urological tumors

32. Radiation induced toxicity and related management strategies on urological malignancies

33. Quality assurance of modern radiotherapy techniques in urological malignancies