Description:This is the seventh monograph in the series Progress and Controversies in Oncologic Urology (PACIOU). Containing contributions from experts from around the globe, this book provides the most up-to-date information available on the mechanisms and treatment of prostate cancer and male sexual dysfunction. Highlighting the relationship between research results and the clinical practice, the discussions include the diagnosis and therapy of benign prostate cancer, diagnosis and outcomes in locally confined prostate cancer, epidemiology, risk factors, renal cancer, and the results of phase I and phase II trials of new drug treatments.