A History of Prostate Cancer

1. Introduction: The Prostate, Cancer, and the Making of Modern Medicine
Helen K. Valier

2. The Problematic Prehistory of Prostate Cancer
Helen K. Valier

3. Surgery and Specialization
Helen K. Valier

4. Sex, Hormones, and Quantification
Helen K. Valier

5. Cancer and Clinical Trials
Helen K. Valier

6. Screening, Patients, and the Politics of Prevention
Helen K. Valier

7. Radiotherapy and Evidence in an Age of High Technology
Helen K. Valier

8. Conclusions: Medicine, Masculinity, and the Problems of the Prostate
Helen K. Valier

Avainsanat: History, History of Britain and Ireland, History of Science, US History, Modern History, Social History, History of Medicine