Open access peer-reviewed Edited Volume

Advances in Prostate Cancer

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Gerhard Hamilton
Gerhard Hamilton

Medical University of Vienna,
Austria

Published16 January 2013

Doi10.5772/45948

ISBN978-953-51-0932-7

eBook (PDF) ISBN978-953-51-7064-8

Copyright year2013

Number of pages704

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Table of Contents

Open access  chapters

1. Epidemiology of Prostate Cancer

By Martin Dörr, Anne Schlesinger-Raab and Jutta Engel

2,181
3. Psychological and Social Factors influencing Patients’ Treatment Selection for Localised Prostate Cancer

By Luke A Robles, Shihning Chou, Owen J Cole, Akhlil Hamid, Amanda Griffiths and Kavita Vedhara

2,310
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5. Abdominoperineal Resection: Consideration and Limitations of Prostate Cancer Screening and Prostate Biopsy

By Zachary Klaassen, Ray S. King, Kelvin A. Moses, Rabii Madi and Martha K. Terris

2,391
11. Novel Therapeutic Settings in the Treatment of Castration- Resistant Prostate Cancer

By Miguel Álvarez Múgica, Jesús M. Fernández Gómez, Antonio Jalón Monzón, Erasmo Miguelez García and Francisco Valle González

1,919
12. Steroidal CYP17 Inhibitors for Prostate Cancer Treatment: From Concept to Clinic

By Jorge A. R. Salvador, Vânia M. Moreira and Samuel M. Silvestre

2,854
14. Stem Cells and Prostate Cancer

By Vildan Bozok Çetintaş, Burçin Tezcanlı Kaymaz and Buket Kosova

1,983
15. Salinomycin-Induced Apoptosis in Human Prostate Cancer Cells

By Hak-Jong Choi, Kwang-Youn Kim, Sun-Nyoung Yu, Sang-Hun Kim, Sung-Sik Chun, Hak-Sun Yu, Yeong-Min Park and Soon-Cheol Ahn

2,247
17. Prostate Cancer, Inflammation and Antioxidants

By Marika Crohns, Tuomas Westermarck and Faik Atroshi

2,477
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18. Inflammatory Microenvironment in Prostate Carcinogenesis

By Geraldine Gueron, Javier Cotignola and Elba Vazquez

2,005
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19. Expression and Function of Stromal Androgen Receptor in Prostate Cancer

By Mandeep Singh, Garrett Daniels, Yirong Li and Pen g Lee

1,949
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20. Prostate Cancer Progression to Androgen Independent Disease: The Role of the PI3K/AKT Pathway

By Jacqueline R Ha, Yu Hao D Huang, Amit Persad and Sujata Persad

2,194
1,838
22. Trithorax Genes in Prostate Cancer

By Pier-Luc Clermont, Francesco Crea and Cheryl D. Helgason

1,997
2,459
25. Integrins in Prostate Cancer Invasion and Metastasis

By Paulynn Chin Suyin, Joanne Louise Dickinson and Adele Frances Holloway

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