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Contributors, viiPreface, x1 Prostate Cancer Epidemiology, 1Annie Darves-Bornoz, Joe Park, and Aaron Katz2 Diagnosis and Screening, 16Yiannis Philippou, Harveer Dev, and PrasannaSooriakumaran3 Understanding the Histopathology, 34Jon Oxley4 Markers in Prostate Cancer, 49Philippa J. Cheetham5 Imaging, 72Jonathan Richenberg6 Counseling the Patient with Newly Diagnosed ProstateCancer, Stage by Stage, 116Nicholas James Smith and William Richard Cross7 Active Surveillance in the Management of Low-Risk ProstateCancer, 136L. Boccon-Gibod8 Radical Surgery, 145Adnan Ali and Ashutosh Tewari9 Radiation Therapy in the Management of Prostate Cancer,170J. Conibear and P.J. Hoskin10 Novel Therapies for Localized Prostate Cancer,191Massimo Valerio, Mark Emberton, Manit Arya, and Hashim U.Ahmed11 Posttherapy Follow-up and First Intervention,211Ernesto R. Cordeiro, Anastasios Anastasiadis, Matias Westendarp,Jean J.M.C.H. de la Rosette, and Theo M. de Reijke12 Managing Rising PSA in Naive and Posttherapy Patients,230George Thalmann and Martin Spahn13 Diagnosis and Management of Metastatic Prostate Cancer,245Bertrand Tombal and Frederic Lecouvet14 New Therapies in Hormone Relapsed Disease, 265Carmel Pezaro, Aurelius Omlin, Diletta Bianchini, and Johann deBono15 End of Life Care in Prostate Cancer, 287John D. Graham16 The Long Perspective: Prostate Cancer as a ChronicDisease, 298Peter Whelan17 The Future: What's in the Toolkit for ProstateCancer Diagnosis and Treatment?, 313Norman J. MaitlandIndex, 331Color plate section can be found facing page 148