Prostate cancer screening /
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| Imprint: | Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, c2001. + 1 computer optical disc (4 3/4 in.) |
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| Description: | 317 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Current clinical urology |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4617154 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- List of Contributors
- 1. Epidemiology of Prostate Cancer
- 2. Natural History of Prostate Cancer
- 3. Mathematical Issues: PSA Testing
- 4. Evidence of Benefit of Screening in Other Cancers
- 5. The Role of Prostate Specific Antigen and Its Variants in Prostate Cancer Screening
- 6. The Digital Rectal Examination in Prostate Cancer Screening
- 7. Philosophical Reflections on PSA Screening: What Should We Now Think and Do?
- 8. Imaging in Prostate Cancer Screening
- 9. Risk Factors for Prostate Cancer
- 10. Transrectal Ultrasound and Artificial Neural Networks in the Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer
- 11. Evidence of the Effectiveness of Prostate Cancer Screening
- 12. Prostate Cancer Screening: A Note of Caution
- 13. Quality of Life and Health Behavior in Prostate Cancer Screening Populations
- 14. Prostate Cancer Screening Recommendations from Organized Medicine
- 15. Informed Consent and Prostate Specific Antigen Screening: What Patients Ought to Know
- 16. Experience of Prostate Cancer Awareness Week
- 17. The Laval University Screening Trial Results
- 18. Cancer of the Prostate Risk Index Test and Software (CAPRI) [CAPRI Software on Attached CD ROM]
- 19. The European Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer (ERSPC)
- Index
