Penile Cancer A Practical Guide

This latest book within the Management of Urology series provides a concise and up to date overview of all aspects of penile cancer care. It is an ideal resource for urological trainees and established clinicians seeking an easy-to-digest summary of the topics covered, particularly for those working towards their final specialist examinations. Each chapter covers topics from the aetiology and molecular biology of the disease, diagnostic work up of patients and the differing surgical or non-surgical management techniques available. Learning objectives and key reading sections are included within every chapter that reinforce key points and facilitate the reader in developing a deeper understanding of the topic. Additional questions via app: Download the Springer Nature Flashcards app for free and use exclusive additional material to test your knowledge.

Testicular and Penile Cancer outlines the initial surgical approaches and treatment options such as chemotherapy and radiation for patients with these diseases. It is a practical guide providing epidemiological, diagnostic and therapeutic management details to faciliate optimal treatment of testicular and penile cancers.

This book is a practical and comprehensive guide to the diagnosis and treatment of human papilloma virus (HPV)-related diseases from a urological perspective. It reviews new diagnostic methods for virus detection and typing, management of penile and urethral lesions, new treatment modalities including an overview of the use of lasers, the link between HPV and cancer, and new prevention methods with an update on HPV vaccines.

PROSTATE CANCER 20/20 is a streamlined guide to understanding prostate cancer and its management options to enable the newly-diagnosed patient to make an informed choice. Advances in prostate cancer are reviewed: screening and diagnostic testing refinements; preventive measures; advanced imaging techniques; genetic/genomic testing; active surveillance; technical progress in surgical, radiation and focal therapies; new medications for advanced prostate cancer. In-depth information is provided on sexual and urinary complications of treatments and how they are managed. This book is intended for: · Newly diagnosed patients · Patients who have failed primary treatments · Patients with urinary and sexual side effects · Family members

This book provides a practical, comprehensive, state-of-the-art review of bladder cancer. A valuable resource for anyone with an interest in urothelial tumors, this text brings together a multidisciplinary team of experts who have distilled their vast years of experience and knowledge into a concise, easy to digest format. Topics covered range from importance of a pattern recognition in diagnosis and pathologic evaluation to ‘how I do it’ tips on patient selection for appropriate therapies such as chemotherapy, immunotherapy, surgery and radiation. Bridging the gap between a traditional textbook and hands-on experience, this book provides a practical guide to managing day-to-day issues and challenges and brings an algorithmic approach to avoid common pitfalls. Bladder Cancer: A Practical Guide provides a concise yet comprehensive summary of the current status of the field of bladder cancer treatment, guiding patient management and stimulating investigative efforts.

The multidisciplinary sub-specialty of Urgent Medical Care plays an increasingly important role in meeting the growing demands on the NHS. This is the first and only book in the UK specifically designed for clinicians preparing for urgent care postgraduate qualifications. Notes in Urgent Care brings together guidance, research and relevant clinical material in an easily accessible format. It addresses both management (operational and organisational) and clinical areas including emergency, time-critical conditions and symptom-related presentations. Written by Dr Martin McGrath, a General Practitioner, Honorary Professor, urgent care clinician and clinical director of one of the country’s largest primary care networks, this book will be useful for all clinicians working in urgent, unscheduled, remote and rural environments. Suitable as a study aid for the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh’s Diploma in Urgent Medical Care Clinical information condensed into a concise, easily accessible and relevant format Urgent conditions broken down by specialty Useful tips for working in urgent medical care systems, using technology, risk management and human factors

This book presents expert viewpoints on the diverse situations faced by practitioners in their daily practice when caring for patients with breast cancer, with focuses on the patient-centered treatment process. It provides the entire process of different patient cases from patient history, radiologic examination, pathologic results, surgical outcome and medical treatment. The aim is to equip readers with all the knowledge required in order to implement appropriate case-by-case approaches in the real world, where circumstances frequently differ from the typical or straightforward scenarios depicted in textbooks and articles. The book will serve as a practice guideline for novices less familiar with the field, but it will also be a valuable aid for more experienced practitioners and will even offer assistance in research planning. Furthermore, the book will help some patient to infer their own treatment by using similar cases as a model.

This book is a comprehensive guide to the use of modern radiation therapy techniques for prostate cancer and other common and rare genitourinary malignancies. It will be an ideal resource for clinicians and trainees wishing to delve more deeply into the practical and technical aspects of radiotherapy for these malignancies and will serve to enhance day-to-day management in clinical practice. The first section is devoted to prostate cancer and includes coverage of low dose rate and high dose rate brachytherapy, conventionally fractionated, moderately hypofractionated, and ultra-hypofractionated external beam radiotherapy, and proton therapy. The second section focuses on radiotherapy considerations in relation to bladder cancer, testicular cancer, renal cell carcinoma, and rare malignancies such as penile cancer and urethral cancer. Radiotherapeutic treatment of patients with genitourinary malignancies now involves unprecedented precision and complexity, and this book will enable readers to exploit fully the exciting advances that have been achieved in recent years.