Prostate Cancer Diagnosis

This new edition presents new perspectives and technologies. It details substantial developments in techniques and complications. It also presents new data on the controversial issue of PSA screening and thresholds as indication to perform biopsy.

Chapters authored by a complete spectrum of specialists

Provides many new perspectives and technologies

Based on the highly successful first edition

Presents new data on controversial issues of screening

Chapters authored by a complete spectrum of specialists Provides many new perspectives and technologies Based on the highly successful first edition Presents new data on controversial issues of screening Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Contenu
Ch.1: Defining the Problem.- Ch.2: Prostate Cancer Screening: Navigating the Controversy.- Ch.3: Is the PSA Era Over?.- Ch.4: PSA Dynamics.- Ch.5: Percent Free PSA.- Ch.6: PCA3 and other Urinary Markers.- Ch.7: Blood-Based Tumor Markers for Prostate Cancer.- Ch.8: Prediction Models in Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Preparation for Biopsy.- Ch.9: Is There a Role for Medications to Reduce the Need for Prostate Biopsy?.- Ch.10: Indications For Initial Biopsy: Is The PSA Threshold Over?.- Ch.11: Preparation for Prostate Biopsy.- Ch.12: Pain Prevention.- Ch.13: Prostate Biopsy.- Ch.14: Prostate Biopsy Techniques.- Ch.15: Transperineal Biopsy.- Ch.16: Pathological Implications of Prostate Biopsy.- Ch.17: Complications of Transrectal Ultrasound Guided Prostate Biopsy.- Ch.18: After the Biopsy: Management of High Grade Prostatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia (HGPIN).- Ch.19: Atypical Small Acinar Proliferation.- Ch.20: Repeat Prostate Biopsy Strategies Indications and Techniques.- Ch.21: Transperineal Mapping Biopsy of the Prostate for Assessment of the Minimal Risk Patient.- Ch.22: Management of the Patient Following a Negative Biopsy: Saturation Biopsy.- Ch.23: Role of imaging as an adjunct or replacement for biopsy: American Experience.- Ch.24: Role Of Imaging As An Adjunct Or Replacement For Biopsy: European Experience.- Ch.25: Prostate Cancer Detection: Lessons Learnt in the Cleveland Clinic Experience with Focus on the Negative Biopsy.- Ch.26: Future Directions in Prostate Cancer Diagnosis.