Prostatic Diseases

SECTION 1 - INTRODUCTION Chapter 1Development of the Prostate ... Ellen Shapiro Chapter 2Anatomy of the Prostate ... Arnon Krongrad Chapter 3Neuroanatomy and Physiology of the Prostate ... William Steers Chapter 4The Molecular Biology of Prostatic Growth ... Mitchel Steiner Chapter 5Endocrinology of the Prostate ... Chung Lee, Lynn Janulis, and John Grayhack Chapter 6Imaging of the Prostate ... Martin Resnick SECTION 2 BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA Chapter 7Etiology of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia ... Alan Parten Chapter 8Natural History of BPH ... Michael Barry Chapter 9Epidemiology of BPH... Harry Guess Chapter 10Clinical Manifestations and Indications for Treatment ... Reginald Bruskewitz Chapter 11The Role of Guidelines in the Diagnosis and Treatment of BPH ... Claus Roehrborn Chapter 12Pathophysiology of Clinical PBH ... Herbert Lepor Chapter 13Experimental Studies on Bladder Outlet Obstruction ... Robert Levin, Alison Brading, Penelope Longhurst, and Ian Mills Chapter 14The Diagnosis of Obstructive Uropathy ... Victor Nitti Chapter 15Criteria for Assessing Outcome Following Intervention for BPH ... Alan J. Wein Chapter 16Transurethral Resection of the Prostate ... Logan Holtgrewe Chapter 17Transurethral Incision of the Prostate ... Reginald Bruskowitz Chapter 18Open Prostatectomy ... Lytton Chapter 19Laser Prostatectomy ... Christopher Dixon Chapter 20Microwave Therapy ... Michael Blute Chapter 21High Intensity Focused Ultrasound ... Richard Foster, Narendra T. Sanghvi, and Richard Bihrle Chapter 22Alpha Blockade in the Management of BPH ... Herbert Lepor Chapter 23Androgen Suppression in the Management of BPH ... John McConnell Chapter 24Aromatase Inhibitors in the Management of BPH ... Ronald Lewis and Fathy El-Etreby Chapter 25Comparative Pathology of BPH ... John Strandberg SECTION 3 PROSTATE CANCER Chapter 26 Natural History and Epidemiology of Prastate Cancer ... Paul Lange and Daniel Lin Chapter 27Animal and Experimental Models of Prostate Cancer ... Maarten Bosland Chapter 28Rationale for the Early Detection of Prostate Cancer ... Samir Taneja Chapter 29Prostate-Specific Antigen ... Michael Brawer Chapter 30Transrectal Ultrasound and the Prostate Biopsy: Clinical and Pathological Issues ... Martin Resnick Chapter 31Watchful Waiting as a Management Option for Prostate Cancer ... Joseph Oesterling Chapter 32The Surgical Management of Prostate Cancer: Radical Retropubic and Radical Perineal Prostatectomy ... Robert Myers Chapter 33External Beam Radiation Therapy: The Photon and Neutron Beams ... Arthur Porter Chapter 34Radioactive Seed Implants ... Robert Waldbaum and Jay Bosworth Chapter 35Cryosurgical Ablation of the Prostate Gland ... Peter Carroll Chapter 36Androgen Deprivation Therapy ... Paul Schellhammer and Ofer Shenfeld Chapter 37Management of Clinically Localized (stage T1a T2c) Prostate Cancer ... Herbert Lepor Chapter 38Management of Locoregionally Advanced (stage T3) M0-T1-4N+M0 ... Mark Soloway Chapter 39 Management of Persistent/Recurrent Disease After Initial Definitive Therapy ... peter Scardino Chapter 40Management of Advanced (stage T1-4NxM+) Prostate Cancer ... David Crawford Chapter 41Management of Androgen-Independent Prostate Cancer ... Kenneth Pienta SECTION 4 PROSTATITIS Chapter 42Histopathology and Cytology of Prostatitis ... Betsy Bennett Chapter 43Etiology of Prostatitis ... Wade Bushman Chapter 44Clinical Manifestations and Diagnosis of Acute and Chronic Bacterial Prostatitis ... Jackson Fowler Chapter 45Management of Nonbacterial Prostatitis and Prostatodynia ... Timothy Moon