A Clinical Guide for Cancer Prostate Patient

This book imparts a thorough understanding of the proper diagnosis, evaluation, and management of a patient with prostate cancer. The book provides guidelines for evaluation and investigation to reach a diagnosis with appropriate risk stratification of the disease, which is essential to evaluate the patient's survival and quality of life after the treatment. The book offers assistance, as per the patient and disease factors, appropriate treatment planning for an individual patient, and treatment outcomes for a better follow-up.

This book aims to cover all aspects of prostate cancer with an additional supplement to the existing books in urology. This book targets postgraduates in urology, oncology, uro-oncology, practicing urologists, oncologists, and prostate cancer patients to know all aspects of the disease.

Part 1. Prostate cancer: disease burden and etiopathogenesis.- Genomics in cancer prostate.- Biomarkers for cancer prostate.- Diagnosis and clinical staging of prostate cancer.- Imaging in cancer prostate.- Understanding Gleason Grading of prostate cancer.- Risk stratification in prostate cancer.- Management of low-risk cancer prostate.- Active surveillance in cancer prostate.- Management of Intermediate risk cancer prostate.- Management of high risk (locally advanced) prostate cancer.- Management of biochemical recurrence after definitive therapy in prostate cancer.- Management of hormone sensitive metastatic prostate cancer.- Management of castrate resistant prostatic cancer.- Management of bone metastasis in prostate cancer.- Palliative care for cancer prostate.- Prevention of cancer prostate.- Prostatic biopsy.- Radical prostatectomy surgery.- Focal therapy for cancer prostate.- Radiation therapy for prostate cancer.- Hormonal therapy for prostate cancer.- Chemotherapy for prostate cancer.- Immunotherapy for prostate cancer.- Radiopharmaceuticals for prostate cancer.

Dr. Narmada P. Gupta is currently working as Professor Emeritus in the urology department at Medanta Hospital, Gurgaon. He has published over 320 scientific papers in various national and international journals, contributed several book chapters, and produced 18 teaching video films. He is also involved in training DNB graduates in Urology. Dr. Gupta is a pioneer and started several new urologic procedures in India, including endo-urology, laparoscopic surgery, and laser. He has performed more than 40,000 urological operations for BPH, carcinoma bladder, stricture urethra, endo-urology, microscopic surgery for male infertility, lasers, and prosthetic surgery. He was the first one to start Robotic surgery in India in 2006. He has performed and popularized robotic surgery for carcinoma prostate, carcinoma bladder, carcinoma kidney, and reconstructive surgery for a variety of urological diseases. He was conferred “Padma Shree” by the Government of India (2007) in recognition of his distinguished services in Urology to the nation.