In recent years, there have been major advances in the treatment of patients with gynecologic malignancies. Perhaps the biggest advances have been in the area of ovarian cancer. Gynecologic Oncology focuses primarily upon this malignancy. This volume discusses cytoreductive surgery; screening for ovarian cancer; chemotherapy; new chemotherapeutic drugs; the controversy regarding the role of high-dose chemotherapy in gynecologic cancers; the hereditary basis for gynecologic malignancies; molecular genetics; molecular biology and new biologic therapies. Other topics covered are the treatment of all stages of cervical cancer, including radiotherapy. In addition, a chapter on advances in the pathology of gynecologic cancers is included. The advances made in the treatment of gynecologic malignancies are due, in part, to the clinical studies performed by many of the contributors to this volume. Clinical advances have been the result of multidisciplinary approaches which involve molecular biologists, pathologists, radiation therapists, surgeons and chemotherapists. Future advances will continue to rely upon collaborative interaction among these different disciplines.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
ISBN-13
9781461374879
eBay Product ID (ePID)
189605210
Product Key Features
Author
Robert F. Ozols
Publication Name
Gynecologic Oncology
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Medicine
Publication Year
2012
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
387 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
235mm
Item Width
155mm
Volume
95
Item Weight
611g
Additional Product Features
Series Title
Cancer Treatment and Research
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Editor
Robert F. Ozols
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