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This thoroughly updated and revised edition of a widely acclaimed book provides concise and authoritative guidance to today's best therapeutic regimens for the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer. The authors explain the trends in diagnosis and mortality, new PSA isoforms for diagnosis, PSA screening, chemoprevention, biopsy techniques, sural nerve grafting, and hereditary prostate cancer. Additional chapters reflect progress in the management of locally advanced disease, the use of nomograms to predict outcomes, the medical management of erectile dysfunction, brachytherapy, and deciding between surgery and radiation. A compact disk accompanies the book for downloading the book to a PC or PDA.