Publisher's Synopsis
Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of common diseases are definitely in vogue in many countries, certainly in Germany and the United States. The initiative for their development has come from doctors and medical bodies. However, the "demand" for guidelines is also fuelled by the activities of health-care authorities and health insurance corporations.;This volume consists of contributions based on a detailed discussion of the guidelines published by the German Society of Urology (Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Urologie) for the treatment of common urological malignancies. These discussions took place at a symposium held in Zurich in October 1998 and the manuscripts published in this text represent a summary of the lectures given at this meeting as well as a review of the evidence on which the guidelines are based.
