Main description:

This simple, brief and succinct pocket guide covers all the salient features of management of genito-urinary (GU) cancers and contains all the important principles of evidence-based management of GU cancers. With background information on etiology, epidemiology and pathology including TNM classification for each tumor, the main emphasis is on clinical presentation, investigations and management strategies. The book includes chapters on the fundamental principles behind chemotherapy, radiotherapy, gene therapy, indications for surgery and complications. A key feature is an easy-to-look-up reference guide to step-by-step management strategies and drug dosages. This handbook will be of great value to residents, specialists, nurse practitioners, and medical secretaries in Urology, Radiotherapy, Oncology and Palliative Medicine as related to urological cancers.

Contents:

Basic Science.- The Cell.- Animal Models in Genitourinary Malignancies.- Clinical Aspects and Investigations.- Radiological Investigations in Genitourinary Cancer.- Hematuria and Hematospermia: Clinical Evaluation and Principles of Management.- Nuclear Medicine in Urological Cancer.- Anesthesic Considerations in Genitourinary Cancer Patients.- Laparoscopy in Urological Oncology.- Clinical Trials and Their Principles.- Principles of Chemotherapy for Genitourinary Cancer.- Principles of Radiotherapy in Urologic Tumors.- Clinical Emergencies in Genitourinary Cancers.- Renal Failure, Dialysis, and Transplantation: Management of Tumors in Solitary Kidney and Bilateral Renal Tumors.- Diet and Genitourinary Cancer.- Systemic Genitourinary Oncology.- Renal Cell Carcinoma: Overview.- Nonsurgical Management of Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma.- Tumors of the Adrenal Gland.- Superficial Bladder Cancer.- Upper Urinary Tract Transitional Cell Carcinoma.- Surgical Management: Cystectomy and Urinary Diversion.- Multidisciplinary Care of Invasive Bladder Cancer: Emerging Roles of Chemotherapy.- Management of Metastatic Bladder Cancer.- Urethral Cancer (Excluding Penile Cancer).- Germ Cell Tumors.- Radiotherapy in the Management of Testicular Germ Cell Tumors.- Epidemiology, Pathology and Pathogenesis.- Clinical Presentation, Diagnosis, and Staging.- Surgical Management of Carcinoma of the Prostate.- Expectant Management of Early Prostate Cancer.- Radiation Therapy for Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer.- Endocrine Manipulation.- Hormone-Refractory Prostate Cancer: A Rational Approach to Chemotherapy.- Investigational Therapies for Prostate Cancer.- Cancer of the Penis and Scrotum.- Nonurological Cancers Affecting the Urinary Tract.