97 Renal Cell Carcinoma: Treatment of Advanced Kidney Cancer 15 Kanza S. Abbas and Teresa Gray Hayes INTRODUCTION Surgical resection is a good curative option for localized renal cell carcinoma (RCC),…
69 Advanced Stage Prostate Cancer: Controversies in Management 11 Jesus H. Hermosillo-Rodriguez and Nicholas Mitsiades INTRODUCTION In this chapter, we go into more detail’s about the following controversies in management of…
73 Advanced Prostate Cancer Survivorship Challenges and Issues 12 Jesus H. Hermosillo-Rodriguez and Nicholas Mitsiades INTRODUCTION Patients with metastatic prostate cancer can develop side effects from therapy that can impact their…
65 Bone Health and Use of Adjunctive Agents 10 Jesus H. Hermosillo-Rodriguez and Nicholas Mitsiades An important issue in patients with prostate cancer is bone health, since both prostate cancer and…
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…
