Bone metastases from prostate cancer : biology, diagnosis, and management /
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Imprint: | Cham : Springer, 2017. |
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Description: | 1 online resource (x, 293 pages) |
Language: | English |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11268739 |
Table of Contents:
- Biology and pathophysiology of bone metastases
- Markers of bone turnover
- Bone homing and metastasis
- Markers of prostate cancer
- Circulating cells
- Radiological assessment of bone metastases
- Nuclear Medicine: bone target imaging
- Nuclear Medicine: cancer and receptor target imaging
- Hormonal therapy
- Chemotherapy
- Combinations of hormonal therapy and chemotherapy
- Surgery
- Radiotherapy
- Bone-targeted agents
- Bone seeking radionuclide for therapy
- New frontiers in treatments
- Approaches for the assessment of response to therapies
- From Symptom control to pain palliation
- Economic impact of prostate cancer bone metastases
- Multidisciplinary approach.