Prostate Cancer Screening. Ian M. Thompson, Martin I. Resnick, and Eric A. Klein, eds. Totowa, NJ: Humana Press, 2001, 317 pp. (plus one compact disc), $99.50, hardcover. ISBN 0-89603-901-3.

摘要

This book is part of the series “Current Clinical Urology”. The cover states that “world-class authorities from a variety of disciplines provide a comprehensive and balanced evaluation of the advantages and disadvantages of screening for prostate cancer”. At present, screening for prostate cancer (with the determination of prostate-specific antigen in blood and the digital rectal examination of the prostate) is perhaps the most controversial issue in cancer screening. In 19 chapters, prostate cancer is examined in detail from different points of view. A CD ROM containing software for calculating the individual patient’s risk index of prostate cancer is …