Author:

Jack H. Mydlo and Ciril J. Godec, eds.

Publisher:

Academic Press

Publication Date:

2003

Edition:

First

Binding:

Hardcover

Category:

Disease-specific > Prostate Cancer

Description:

This book describes the process of prostate cancer across the stages of diagnosis, treatment, and outcome. It provides a comprehensive overview of the disease and various treatments, and one chapter focuses on instruments used to assess quality-of-life among cancer patients. The book is divided into 12 parts:

Part I: Etiology, Pathology, and Tumor Biology

Part II: Genetic Susceptibility and Hereditary Predisposition Screening and Counseling

Part III: Epidemiology

Part IV: Prevention of Prostate Cancer

Part V: Treatment

Part VI: Surgery

Part VII: Radiation Therapy

Part VIII: Hormonal Therapy / Chemotherapy

Part IX: Cryoablilition

Part X: Patients’ Experience

Part XI: Governmental Policies

Part XII: New Horizons for Prostate Cancer

Types of Information or Instruments:

This book examines prostate cancer from the patient’s perspective. It evaluates the factors that play a part in the detection of prostate cancer and what instruments best assess patients’ care and satisfaction. In Chapter 50 of the book, several instruments that assess quality of life due to the impact of prostate cancer and treatment are described. A few of the instruments described in the book are: Short Form-36 (SF-36), Functional Assessment Cancer Therapy – Prostate Cancer Specific (FACT-P), European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC QLQ-C30), UCLA Prostate Cancer Index (PCI), and AUA Symptom Index (AUASI).

Quantity of Instruments:

None. This book does not contain actual scales.

Quality of Instrument Descriptions:

Instrument descriptions include number of items, test-retest reliability, internal consistency, validity, and administration technique for the instruments.

Quality of Psychometric Information:

Relatively sparse. Psychometric information includes reliability (test-retest and internal consistency) and validity.

Scale Accessibility:

The book does not provide full scales.

Book Provides Actual Scale Items:

This volume does not contain actual scale items.

User-friendly Navigation:

The book is user friendly.

Other Types of Information:

Chapter 50 in the volume describes how to select a quality of life measure that assesses the impact of prostate cancer and its treatment.

Hints:

A list of contributors and contact information is given following the Preface in the book. The hardback also includes a list of article references following each chapter.