Title | Prostate Cancer: New Horizons in Research and Treatment [electronic resource] / edited by Michael L. Cher, Avraham Raz, Kenneth V. Honn |
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Imprint | Boston, MA : Springer US, 2002 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/b101860 |
Descript | VI, 399 p. 149 illus., 30 illus. in color. online resource |
Pathology of prostate cancer -- Prostate cancer susceptibility genes: Many studies, many results, no answers -- Molecular profiling in prostate cancer -- Chromosomal deletions and tumor suppressor genes in prostate cancer -- Role of eicosanoids in prostate cancer progression -- Contribution of the androgen receptor to prostate cancer predisposition and progression -- Regulation of apoptosis in prostate cancer -- On the role of cell surface carbohydrates and their binding proteins (lectins) in tumor metastasis -- Metastasis suppression in prostate cancer -- The urokinase-type plasminogen activator system in prostate cancer metastasis -- Angiogenesis in prostate cancer: Biology and therapeutic opportunities -- Integrins and prostate cancer metastases -- Prostate carcinoma skeletal metastases: Cross-talk between tumor and bone -- Signal transduction targets in androgen-independent prostate cancer -- The diet, prostate inflammation, and the development of prostate cancer -- Prostate cancer diagnosis, staging and survival -- Surgery for prostate cancer: Rationale, technique and outcomes -- The future of cancer imaging -- Antisense therapy: Current status in prostate cancer and other malignancies -- Antiangiogenesis therapeutic strategies in prostate cancer -- Chemoprevention of prostate cancer -- Prostate brachytherapy -- Fast neutron irradiation for prostate cancer -- Prostate cancer gene therapy: Past experiences and future promise -- Vitamin D-related therapies in prostate cancer -- Osteoporosis and other adverse body composition changes during androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer