ABOUT THE JOURNAL

Aims and scope of journal

Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases covers all aspects of prostatic diseases, in particular prostate cancer, the subject of intensive basic and clinical research world-wide. The journal also reports on exciting new developments being made in diagnosis, surgery, radiotherapy, drug discovery and medical management.

Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases is of interest to surgeons, oncologists and clinicians treating patients and to those involved in research into diseases of the prostate. The journal covers the three main areas - prostate cancer, BPH and prostatitis.

Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases publishes original research articles, reviews, topical comment and critical appraisals of scientific meetings and the latest books. The journal also contains a calendar of forthcoming scientific meetings. The Editors and a distinguished Editorial Board ensure that submitted articles receive fast and efficient attention and are refereed to the highest possible scientific standard. A fast track system is available for topical articles of particular significance.

Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases covers the following topics:

• Alternative therapies
• Angiogenesis
• Anti-sense oligonucleotides against growth factors
• Brachytherapy
• Conformal radiotherapy
• Cryotherapy
• Cyclotron fast neutron treatment
• Enhancing the results of radical prostatectomy
• Familial prostate cancer
• Free to total PSA
• Gene therapy for prostate cancer
• Genetic basis for prostate cancer Hormone-related disease
• How significant is PSA-detected disease?
• Intermittent antiandrogen therapy
• Mechanisms of tumour invasion in prostate cancer
• Medical therapies for BPH
• Medical therapy for BPH: the road ahead
• Nutrition in prostate cancer
• Photodynamic therapy
• Prognostic markers
• Prostate cancer and potency and impotence
• Prostatic intra-epithelial neoplasia - an important precursor of cancer
• Prostatitis: quo vadis?
• Quality of life issues
• Racial issues in prostate cancer
• Recurrence after radical prostatectomy
• Reproducibility (test-retest reliability) of investigations for prostatic diseases
• Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction to detect circulating mRNA for PSA
• Role of differentiation therapy
• Screening for prostate cancer
• Staging of prostate cancer: beyond conventional imaging
• The magic bullet - use of PSA promotor gene to target gene therapy
• Utility of ultrasensitive PSA assays

Impact Factor

Impact Factor: 2.024*

Rank:
25/55 Urology and Nephrology
88/132 Oncology

*2007 Journal Citation Report (Thomson Reuters, 2008)

Abstracted/indexed in

Current Contents/Clinical Medicine
EMBASE/Excerpta Medica
MEDLINE/Index Medicus
Research Alert
SciSearch
Science Citation Index
Science Citation Index Expanded
UK Health Centre Index

ISSN and eISSN

The international standard serial number (ISSN) for Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases is 1365-7852, and the electronic international standard serial number (eISSN) is 1476-5608.

Editors

Editors

Roger S Kirby, UK
Judd W Moul, USA

Consulting Editors

C Abbou, France
J Adolfsson, Sweden
H Akaza, Japan
C Amling, USA
A Aprikian, Canada
C Bangma, Netherlands
P Carroll, USA
S Chang, USA
C Chapple, UK
J Chin, Canada
G Chodak, USA
N Clarke, UK
D Crawford, USA
N Dawson, USA
D Dearnaley, UK
B Djavan, Austria
J Eastham, USA
R Eeles, UK
S Egawa, Japan
C Evans, USA
M Feneley, UK
J Fitzpatrick, Ireland
M Gleave, Canada
N Greenberg, USA
Y Hirao, Japan
C Kane, USA
T Keane, USA
A Kibel, USA
H Klocker, Austria
L Klotz, Canada
H Lilja, Sweden
M Litwin, USA
C Logothetis, USA
F C Lowe, USA
N J Maitland, UK
J Masters, UK
J Nelson, USA
C Nickel, Canada
M O'Leary, USA
A Partin, USA
J Presti, USA
R Pruthi, USA
J Rhim, USA
C Roehrborn, USA
P T Scardino, USA
J A Schalken, Netherlands
H Scher, USA
K Slawin, USA
E J Small, USA
J A Smith, USA
S Srivastava, USA
S Taneja, USA
D Theodorescu, USA
T Thompson, USA
B Thrasher, USA
J Vieweg, USA
B Watson, Ireland