Management of Urologic Cancer: Focal Therapy and Tissue Preservation, 1st Edition

Managing urologic cancer by preserving, as opposed to removing, affected tissue, is rapidly becoming the favoured choice for urologists and oncologists.  Discover all available options and how to achieve the best possible patient management with this expert guide to the area. The editor, Mark Schoenberg, is an internationally-renown expert in this exciting new area and has recruited an outstanding team featuring some of the leading urologists/oncologists in North America and Europe to assist him.

From the Back Cover

Preservation of functioning, non-malignant tissue has become a mainstay of modern oncologic surgery in the past 30 years. Refinements in axial imaging technology coupled with the development of minimally invasive techniques such as laparoscopy and robot-assisted surgery have ushered in an era characterized by the fundamental re-evaluation of the role of the surgeon in cancer care and the manner in which cancers should be treated.

Edited by Mark P. Schoenberg and Kara L. Watts, Management of Urologic Cancer: Focal Therapy and Tissue Preservation offers a unique overview of this exciting new area in the management of urologic malignancies. An international faculty of experts provide insights into the current state of tissue-preserving surgery on an organ-by-organ basis.

Providing a vital introduction to the growing discipline of tissue-preserving and image-guided therapy, Management of Urologic Cancer: Focal Therapy and Tissue Preservation is valuable reading for urologists, radiologists, oncologists and practitioners advising patients about the complex issues related to the treatment of urologic cancers.

About the Author

Mark P. Schoenberg, MD, University Professor & Chair, Department of Urology, The Montefiore Medical Center and The Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA

KARA L. WATTS, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Urology, The Montefiore Medical Center and The Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA