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Management of Urological Cancers in Older People

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Editors:
  1. Jean-Pierre Droz

    1. Lyon-RTH Laënnec School of Medicine, Lyon, France

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  2. Riccardo A. Audisio

    1. University of Liverpool, St Helens Teach, St Helens, United Kingdom

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  • This book draws from an international pool of expert contributors

  • This book addresses the very specific issues and considerations in treating urological cancers in the older patient

  • This books offer a multidisciplinary perspective, providing the reader with the big picture in urological cancer care for elderly patients.

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (26 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Background and Epidemiology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Background and Epidemiology

      • Jan Willem Coebergh, Rob H. A. Verhoeven
      Pages 3-17

    3. Health Status Evaluation of Elderly Patients with Genitourinary Tumors

      • Catherine Terret, Gilles Albrand
      Pages 19-38

    4. Nomograms and the Elderly: Applications in Genitourinary Oncology

      • Brandon K. Isariyawongse, Michael W. Kattan
      Pages 39-49

    5. Renal Function in Elderly and in Relationship with Management of Genitourinary Tumors

      • Muriel Rainfray, Cecile Mertens, Sophie Duc
      Pages 51-62

  3. Prostate Cancer: General Considerations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 63-63
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    2. Prostate Cancer Screening or Early Diagnosis in Senior Adults?

      • Jean Etienne Terrier, Helen Boyle, Nicolas Mottet
      Pages 65-75

    3. Androgen Deprivation in Elderly Prostate Cancer Patients: Side Effects and Their Prevention

      • Mohamed Omar Bishr, Fred Saad
      Pages 77-90

  4. Prostate Cancer: Localized Disease

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 91-91
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    2. Prognostic Factors of Localized Prostate Cancer in Elderly Patients

      • Barry B. McGuire, John M. Fitzpatrick
      Pages 93-104

    3. Prostatectomy in Elderly Prostate Cancer Patients

      • Hein Van Poppel
      Pages 105-120

    4. Radiotherapy in Elderly Prostate Cancer Patients

      • Pascal Pommier
      Pages 121-129

    5. Selective Minimally Invasive Therapy in Older Patients for Localized Prostate Cancer: A Way to Mitigate Harm and Retain Benefit?

      • Louise Dickinson, Hashim Uddin Ahmed, Mark Emberton
      Pages 131-151

    6. Active Surveillance and Watchful Waiting in Indolent Elderly Prostate Cancer Patients

      • Nicolas Mottet, Helen Boyle
      Pages 153-161

    7. Decision Making in Elderly Localized Prostate Cancer

      • Nicolas Mottet, Helen Boyle, Jean-Pierre Droz
      Pages 163-176

  5. Prostate Cancer: Metastatic Disease

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 177-177
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  6. Metastatic Disease

    1. Clinical Management of Elderly Patients with Metastatic Prostate Cancer Chemotherapy

      • Guru Sonpavde, Cora N. Sternberg
      Pages 179-201

    2. Clinical Management of Elderly Patients’ Metastatic Prostate Cancer: Other Treatments and Supportive Care

      • Helen Boyle, Aude Fléchon
      Pages 203-216

    3. New Treatment Developments Applied to Elderly Patients

      • Deborah Mukherji, Carmel J. Pezaro, Johann S. De-Bono
      Pages 217-227
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About this book

This book aims to provide an up-to-date review of the literature in each of the major areas relating to the management of older urological cancer patients, and makes recommendations for best practice and future research. The authors come from a broad geographic spread including the UK, mainland Europe and North America to ensure a worldwide relevance.

Reviews

From the reviews:

“This comprehensive approach to the evaluation and management of elderly urological oncology patients should appeal to all practitioners involved in the care of these patients … . it should be required reading for students, residents, and fellows interested in the care of these patients. … This book should be an important part of the library of all clinicians involved in the evaluation and management of elderly patients with urological cancer. It is comprehensive, well written, and easy to read with appropriate illustrations and excellent references.” (Andrew Edward Chapman, Doody’s Review Service, November, 2012)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Lyon-RTH Laënnec School of Medicine, Lyon, France

    Jean-Pierre Droz

  • University of Liverpool, St Helens Teach, St Helens, United Kingdom

    Riccardo A. Audisio

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Management of Urological Cancers in Older People

  • Editors: Jean-Pierre Droz, Riccardo A. Audisio

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-999-4

  • Publisher: Springer London

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London 2013

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-85729-986-4Published: 02 October 2012

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4471-6217-9Published: 11 November 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-85729-999-4Published: 01 October 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 374

  • Topics: Oncology, Geriatrics/Gerontology, Urology

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