59 Intermittent Androgen Ablation in Metastatic Prostate Cancer 9 Abhishek Marballi and Teresa Gray Hayes INTRODUCTION The role of androgens in the growth of prostate cancer was demonstrated by Huggins in…
43 Early Stage Prostate Cancer Survivorship Challenges 7 Andrew Jackson and Teresa Gray Hayes Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in men, and long-term survival is common. It is…
3 Prostate Cancer Screening 1 Thiri Khin and Nicholas Mitsiades INTRODUCTION Prostate cancer is the most common visceral cancer in the United States and the second leading cause of cancer death…
37 Early Stage Prostate Cancer: Controversies in Management 6 Jianbo Wang and Teresa Gray Hayes INTRODUCTION Prostate cancer is the second most common type of cancer in men around the world…
27Intermittent Androgen Ablation in Biochemical Relapse of Early Stage Prostate Cancer 4 Chitra Balasundaram and Teresa Gray Hayes DEFINITION OF BIOCHEMICAL RELAPSE The definition of biochemical relapse (BCR) depends on…
33 Treatment of Therapy Complications 5 Pranav Dadhich and Jennifer Marie Taylor INTRODUCTION The management of prostate cancer has evolved rapidly over the last few decades. The focus of this section…
Disorders of Potassium Metabolism Biff F. Palmer Thomas D. DuBose Jr. Introduction Potassium plays a key role in maintaining cell function. All cells possess the ubiquitous Na+/K+ ATPase exchanger, which…
Pathophysiology and Management of Respiratory and Mixed Acid-Base Disorders Seth B. Furgeson William D. Kaehny Respiratory acid-base disorders are caused by primary changes from normal excretion of carbon dioxide (CO2)…
Pathogenesis and Management of Metabolic Acidosis and Alkalosis Zeid J. Khitan Joseph I. Shapiro Acid-base disorders occur commonly in clinical medicine. Although the degree of acidosis or alkalosis that results…
Disorders of Water Homeostasis Tomas Berl Robert W. Schrier Historical and Evolutionary Aspects of Renal Concentrating and Diluting Processes In From Fish to Philosopher, Smith (1) suggested that the concentrating…
