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Covers the latest literature and management pathways
Utilises author's experience and research on cancer survivorship
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Table of contents (124 chapters)
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Front Matter
About this book
This book provides information on a range of issues related to prostate cancer survivorship, including; psychosexual care, health related quality of life, treatment, follow-up care, new psychosexual pathways, and acute and chronic co-morbidities. The book also covers the needs and challenges in survivorship care, the requirements of care, the future of survivorship care, and role of patient conferences.
This book aims to give oncologists, urologists, and specialist nurses help in how to manage patients in the prostate cancer survivorship phase. This guidance is based on real life experiences handling prostate cancer survivorship, and is developed further through utilising the views of both health care professionals and patients.
Authors and Affiliations
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The Royal Free Hospital and UCL, London, United Kingdom
Sanchia S. Goonewardene
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North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, United Kingdom
Raj Persad
About the authors
Professor Raj Persad has been a practising Uro-Oncology surgeon with an international reputation for innovation and research, since 1996. He specialises in Bladder, Prostate and Kidney Cancer. He has served on key National and International committees for guideline development, service reform and research such as the National Cancer Intelligence Network, National Cancer Research Institute, NIHR-RfPB, NICE, IBCG, BAUS Section of Oncology and Cancer Research UK. He is one of the country's leading pelvic cancer surgeons bringing with him advanced surgical techniques with him from his training abroad in the US and Europe. He leads an active research programme and is the recipient of £5m in research grants.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Prostate Cancer Survivorship
Authors: Sanchia S. Goonewardene, Raj Persad
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65358-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-65357-0Published: 25 May 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-09738-7Published: 21 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-65358-7Published: 09 May 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 369
Number of Illustrations: 26 illustrations in colour
Topics: Urology, Oncology, Cancer Research