Ovarian cancer / [edited by] Robert F. Ozols.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ozols, Robert F.

Series:

Atlas of clinical oncology

American Cancer Society Atlas of clinical oncology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ovaries--Cancer.

Ovaries.

Ovarian Neoplasms.

Medical Subjects:

Ovarian Neoplasms.

Physical Description:

ix, 246 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)

Place of Publication:

Hamilton, Ont. ; Lewiston, NY : BC Decker, [2003]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Although more patients with ovarian cancer are living longer, a majority with advanced ovarian cancer are not cured. The hope is for early diagnosis, but only 25% of these cancers are discovered at an early stage. If the cancer is found and treated before it has spread outside the ovary, 95% of women with the disease will survive at least 5 years. This new volume in the American Cancer Society atlas series, Ovarian Cancer, edited by Dr. Ozols of Philadelphia's Fox Chase Cancer Center, gives you a current overview of the disease and its management. Ovarian Cancer features the perspectives of experts, most of whom are involved in the National Cancer Institute-sponsored Specialized Programs in Research Excellence (SPORE) Program in Ovarian Cancer. Ovarian Cancer mirrors scientific advances made in these areas: understanding of the biology of the disease, discovery of the molecular basis for hereditary ovarian cancer, genetic mutations, randomized clinical trials, key issues in the usage of chemotherapeutic agents, less toxic chemotherapy affording better quality of life, clinical evidence in one group of patients with early-stage disease -- 90% of whom were cured by surgery alone. Featuring more than 300 illustrations, the text covers pathology, biology, epidemiology, genetics, and screening through surgical management, the latest in chemotherapeutic regimens, and finally, palliative care.

Contents:

1 Pathology / Melissa A. Burke, MD, Arthur S. Patchefsky, MD 1

2 Biology / Thomas C. Hamilton, PhD, Xiangxi Xu, PhD, Christos Patriotis, PhD, Hernando Salazar, MD, MPH 27

3 Epidemiology / Mary B. Daly, MD, PhD 39

4 Genetics / Amanda Prowse, PhD, Andrey Frolov, MS, Andrew K. Godwin, PhD 49

5 Screening / Cynthia A. Bergman, MD 83

6 Genetic Counseling / Mary B. Daly, MD, PhD 91

7 Diagnosis and Staging / Cynthia A. Bergman, MD 101

8 Surgical Cytoreduction / Matthew. P. Boente, MD, Linda F. Carson, MD 113

9 Primary Chemotherapy Regimens / Robert F. Ozols, MD, PhD 119

10 Radiation Therapy / Wayne H. Pinover, DO, Rajesh V. Iyer, MD 132

11 Early Stage Management / Jeffrey DiMascio, DO, Russell J. Schilder, MD 147

12 Palliative Surgery / Melissa A. Geller, MD, Matthew P. Boente, MD 159

13 Developmental Chemotherapy / Michael A. Bookman, MD 168

14 Advances in Biologic Therapy / George Coukos, MD, PhD, Heidi J. Gray, MD, Carl H. June, MD 194

15 High-Dose Chemotherapy / Nancy L. Lewis, MD, Russell J. Schilder, MD 213

16 Germ Cell Tumors / Levi Downs, MD, Matthew P. Boente, MD 225

17 Ovarian Sex Cord-Stromal Tumors / Patricia L. Judson, MD, Matthew P. Boente, MD 231.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1550090968

OCLC:

52369823