Disease Essentials - Oncology: Prostate Cancer
This electronic book (PDF format) provides a medical background on the cause, diagnosis, and treatment of prostate cancer, including prostate anatomy, pathophysiology, and epidemiology, the symptoms and staging of prostate cancer, diagnostic methods, prognostic factors, and treatment options. This book is divided into 7 sections: The first section, PATHOPHYSIOLOGY, introduces prostate anatomy and physiology, discusses the pathophysiological basis for prostate cancer and its modes of metastasis, and classifies the different types of prostate cancer. The second section, EPIDEMIOLOGY, presents statistics and risk factors associated with prostate cancer. The third section, DIAGNOSIS, discusses the symptoms, diagnostic procedures, and imaging devices used to detect prostate cancer at the earliest stage. This section also explains the staging criteria used to describe disease severity. The fourth section, DIAGNOSTIC CASE STUDIES, presents 4 case studies, each of which discusses the diagnosis of prostate cancer at a different stage. The fifth section, PROGNOSIS, explains the staging, pathological indicators, and molecular and cellular prognostic factors of prostate cancer. The sixth section, TREATMENT, explores the principles, methodology, and benefits of available treatment options. The seventh section, TREATMENT CASE STUDIES, presents 4 case studies, each of which discusses the prognosis and treatment of prostate cancer at a different stage.
