Diagnosis and Management of Genitourinary Cancer

This well-written text is highly recommended as a valuable reference source for use by any physician involved in the clinical care of genitourinary cancer patients, including the urologic surgeon, medical oncologist, internist, pathologist, radiologist, and radiotherapist. Each chapter is concise, well organized, and readable, with minimal overlap of subject material, enabling the editors to include a wealth of information usually available only in multivolume works or separate texts. Historical perspective, current standards of care, and future research initiatives are adequately summarized for all disease sites. The text is divided into four parts: "Basic Science Concepts of Neoplasia," "Epidemiology," "Pathology," and "Diagnosis and Therapy." Although diagnosis and management of genitourinary cancers is emphasized, the sections on epidemiology and pathology are complete, informative, and well organized for quick reference. The majority of the text is devoted to the most common genitourinary neoplasms arising from bladder, kidney, testis, and prostate, but rarer tumors,