Ovarian cancer / edited by M. Sharon Stack and David A. Fishman.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Stack, M. Sharon, 1959-
• Fishman, David A., 1959-

Series:

• Cancer treatment and research ; v. 107.
• Cancer treatment and research

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Ovaries--Cancer.
• Carcinogenesis.
• Metastasis.
• Ovarian Neoplasms--therapy.

Medical Subjects:

• Ovarian Neoplasms--therapy.

Physical Description:

xii, 387 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Kluwer Academic Publisers, [2002]

Summary:

Ovarian carcinoma continues to be responsible for more deathsthan all other gynecologic malignancies combined, due to a continuedinability to achieve detection of early (rather than advanced) stagedisease and the lack of effective tumor-specific therapeutics.Ovarian carcinogenesis, invasion, and metastatic dissemination requirea complex cascade of interrelated genetic, molecular, and biochemicalevents that regulate the neoplastic transition of normal ovariansurface epithelium.This volume summarizes recent advances in ovarian cancer detection andtreatment and provides an analysis of current research into aspects ofmalignant transformation, growth control, and metastasis. A moredetailed understanding of these processes may ultimately translateinto the development of novel approaches for the detection and controlof ovarian cancer.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0792375300

OCLC:

47838996