- Written by experts in their fields
- Provides links to procedural video content
- Richly illustrated with color photographs, illustrations and tables
This text provides a comprehensive, state-of-the art review of this field, and will serve as a valuable resource for clinicians, surgeons and researchers with an interest in early prostate cancer.
The book reviews new data about genetic markers, transperineal mapping biopsy and mpMRI, how to apply each of these technologies in patients with elevated PSA, when a prior prostate biopsy performed by the standard TRUS method is negative and in cases where low risk disease is already diagnosed, how to differentiate those men who might harbor more aggressive disease from those who do not. Over 75% of newly diagnosed prostate cancer meets the criteria for low risk disease which has created a dilemma for both patients and clinicians. Active surveillance programs have been initiated and are reviewed.
How the new technologies impact surveillance programs is addressed. Clinical stage designation is updated and a new intra-prostatic staging system is discussed. Prostate biopsy techniques utilizing transrectal ultrasound, transperineal mapping, elastography and mpMRI are compared. Finally, utilization of this new technology in the application of focal therapy is reviewed.
The Prostate Cancer Dilemma will serve as a very useful resource for physicians and researchers dealing with, and interested in this challenging malignancy. Chapters are written by experts in their fields and include the most up to date scientific and clinical information as well as links to procedural video content.
Table of ContentsPart One: Diagnosis
Chapter 1: History of Prostate Specific Antigen, from Detection to Over Diagnosis - Brandon J. Manley and Gerald L. Andriole
Chapter 2: Pathology of Prostate Cancer: What Has Changed in the Last 30 Years - M. Scott Lucia
Chapter 3: Clinical Risk Prediction Tools for Prostate Cancer: TNM to CAPRA - Should Risk be Re-Defined? - Michael S. Leapman and Matthew R. Cooperberg
Chapter 4: TRUS Biopsy: Is There Still a Role? - Michael S. Leapman and Katsuto Shinohara
Chapter 5: Transperineal Biopsy Technique - Nelson N. Stone, Vasileios M. Skouteris, and E. David Crawford
Chapter 6: 3D Biopsy: A New Method to Diagnose Prostate Cancer - Kevin Krughoff, Nelson N. Stone, Jesse Elliott, Craig Baer, Paul Arangua, E. David Crawford
Chapter 7: Elastography - Can It Improve Prostate Biopsy Results? - Vassilios M. Skouteris, Spyros D. Yarmenitis, and Georgios P. Zacharopoulos
Chapter 8: Multiparametric MRI of the Prostate as a Tool for Prostate Cancer Detection, Localization, and Risk Assessment - Marc A. Bjurlin, Neil Mendhiratta, and Samir S. Taneja
Chapter 9: Genomic Markers - Neal D. Shore and Karen Ventii
Part Two: Treatment
Chapter 10: Current Status of Clinical Trials in Active Surveillance - Laurence Klotz
Chapter 11: Focused Targeted Therapy in Prostate Cancer - Kevin Krughoff and Al Barqawi
Chapter 12: Technologies and Methods in Primary Ablation with Focal Therapy - Gary Onik
Chapter 13: Multiparametric MRI (mpMRI) – Guided Focal Therapy - Michele Fascelli, Amichai Kilchevsky, Arvin K. George, Peter A. Pinto
Conclusions - Nelson N. Stone and E. David Crawford
