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Combination Therapy in Urological Malignancy

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  • © 1989

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Editors:
  1. Philip H. Smith

    1. St James’s University Hospital, Leeds, UK

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Part of the book series: Clinical Practice in Urology (PRACTICE UROLOG)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Radiation Therapy: its Integration with Surgery and Chemotherapy in the Management of Patients with Urological Malignancy

    • W. U. Shipley
    Pages 1-23

  3. Chemotherapy

    • G. Stoter, C. J. Rodenburg
    Pages 25-28

  4. Immunotherapy

    • S. A. Brosman
    Pages 29-49

  5. Carcinoma of the Kidney

    • T. Ebert, R. Ackermann
    Pages 51-81

  6. Intravesical Treatment of Superficial Bladder Cancer

    • W. W. Bonney
    Pages 83-93

  7. Management of Invasive Bladder Neoplasms

    • Cora N. Sternberg, H. I. Scher
    Pages 95-118

  8. Carcinoma of the Prostate — Non-metastatic Disease

    • F. S. Freiha
    Pages 119-141

  9. Carcinoma of the Prostate — Metastatic Disease

    • M. Pavone-Macaluso
    Pages 143-172

  10. The Staging and Treatment of Testicular Cancer: Management of Stage I Disease

    • Sophie D. Fosså, A. Horwich
    Pages 173-189

  11. Chemotherapy in Disseminated Testicular Cancer

    • C. J. Rodenburg, G. Stoter
    Pages 191-198

  12. Cancer of the Penis

    • W. G. Jones
    Pages 199-205

  13. Surgical Preservation and Reconstruction

    • B. Goldwasser, J. Ramon, O. Nativ
    Pages 207-223

  14. Clinical Trials in Genitourinary Oncology: What Have They Achieved?

    • D. Raghavan, I. F. Tannock
    Pages 225-253

  15. Quality of Life and Palliation Treatment in Urological Cancer

    • Sophie D. Fosså, N. K. Aaronson, F. Calais da Silva
    Pages 255-263

  16. The Cost of Treatment

    • D. W. W. Newling, J. Hutton
    Pages 265-274

  17. Back Matter

    Pages 275-278
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About this book

Any discussion of the present success in management of urological cancers evokes a mixed response. Oncologists and urologists can enjoy the success with chemotherapy for testicular cancers but cannot forget the dismal results with any form of treatment, other than surgery, for renal carcinoma. But these are the less frequent urolegi­ cal tumours: what are the attitudes to the more common prostate and bladder cancers. Intensive study, many clinical trials and much debate lead us to the conclusion that we understand them better, we can tailor the treatment more appropriately to the individual patient but there remains some uncertainty as to the overall success that we have achieved. There have been no striking changes in the 5-year survival data. Clinicians tend to see their success in terms of their special interest. Radiotherapists point to their success in stage-reduction but what are we to do with the many patients whose tumour is unaltered by radiotherapy. Urological surgeons, and especially those who are still influenced by the shadow of Halsted, point to their success in excising the cancer but apart from that highly selected group, what are we to do for the very large number of patients for whom surgery is inappro­ priate. Bystanders can only watch and listen to the arguments for and against these views.

Editors and Affiliations

  • St James’s University Hospital, Leeds, UK

    Philip H. Smith

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Combination Therapy in Urological Malignancy

  • Editors: Philip H. Smith

  • Series Title: Clinical Practice in Urology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1655-4

  • Publisher: Springer London

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1989

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4471-1657-8Published: 20 November 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4471-1655-4Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0177-8994

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 278

  • Topics: Urology, Radiotherapy, Oncology

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