Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Surgical Treatment (Translated Version)

Author: Xia Shujiang
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Publish Date: 2004-06-01
Features: This book aims to introduce diagnostic and surgical treatment methods for prostate cancer to urologists and radiation oncologists. The focus is on surgical procedures, including some new techniques such as dual laparoscopic surgery. Detailed illustrations are provided for important surgical steps, such as: transrectal multi-center prostate biopsy under local anesthesia; pelvic lymph node dissection; retropubic ascending radical prostatectomy; retropubic descending radical prostatectomy; retropubic radical prostatectomy (nerve preservation); perineal prostatectomy; laparoscopic radical prostatectomy; laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (nerve preservation); penile implantation; artificial sphincter implantation. The authors are renowned experts in the field of urology worldwide, and their extensive knowledge and experience ensure that this book offers authoritative guidance on the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer. Learn from the world's top specialists in surgical techniques! This will benefit you for a lifetime! The chief translator, Professor Xia Shujiang, has studied under the guidance of distinguished urologists in China, including Professor Liu Shiyi, Professor Xu Chunxiao, and Professor Tang Xiaoda, as well as the internationally renowned urologists Sir Norman Blacklock, Hugh Whitfield, and Roger Kirby. With over 20 years of experience in medical, educational, and research work in urology, Professor Xia possesses rich clinical experience and a solid theoretical foundation. He has received multiple scientific and technological achievement awards for his research on prostate diseases. The doctors at the Urology Department of People's Hospital affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University have, despite their busy schedules, united and strived, completing this monograph translation in just a few months. I deeply appreciate their enthusiasm for work. Professor Xia Shujiang's translated work, Prostate Cancer—Diagnosis and Surgical Treatment, introduces the latest research findings on prostate cancer from various aspects, including its pathological and molecular biological characteristics, diagnosis and treatment, as well as the management of complications. The book also summarizes the main academic issues and medical challenges in prostate cancer, offering scientific predictions and prospects, expanding the horizons for research in the new century and reflecting the book's knowledge, scientific rigor, advanced nature, and practicality. This translated work is comprehensive in content, with fluent writing and accompanied by numerous illustrations, making it a valuable reference book. It is believed that the publication of this book will promote the progress of basic and clinical research on prostate cancer in China and improve the diagnosis and treatment standards for this disease.