Uncommon gynecologic cancers / edited by Marcela G. del Carmen ; contributors, David M. Boruta [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Del Carmen, Marcela, editor.

Boruta, David M., contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Generative organs, Female.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (276 pages) : color illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, England : Wiley Blackwell, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Rare gynecological cancers kill all too commonly Gynecological cancer is a frightening prospect for women. It is terrifying also for physicians who need, but often can't find, guidance on how to investigate and appropriately treat the tumors. Rare cancers provide greater challenges as information can be harder to find and more difficult to verify. Rare Gynecologic Cancers: Diagnosis and Management brings together all you need to know on these life-threatening diseases. Straightforward summaries of pathophysiologic processes lead to the investigations that will improve your diagnostic accura

Contents:

Molecular targets in gynecologic cancers / Whitfield Growdon, Rosemary Foster, Bo Rueda

Imaging of rare gynecologic tumors / Hima B. Prabhakar, Dinushi S. Perera

Pathology overview of rare gynecologic tumors / Robert H. Young

Ovarian clear cell carcinoma / Rachel M. Clark, John O. Schorge

Mucinous epithelial ovarian carcinoma / Marcela G. del Carmen

Pseudomyxoma peritonei / Leslie S. Bradford, Annekathryn Goodman

Squamous cell carcinoma of the ovary / Ryan J. Spencer, Laurel W. Rice

Endometriosis-associated ovarian cancer / Leslie A. Garrett, Marcela G. del Carmen

Carcinosarcoma of the ovary / J. Alejandro Rauh-Hain, Marcela G. del Carmen

Malignant germ cell tumors of the ovary / Marcela G. del Carmen

Malignant sex cord-stromal tumors of the ovary / Marcela G. del Carmen, Richard T. Penson

Small cell and neuroendocrine cancers of the ovary / Ariel A. Kaphan , Cesar M. Castro

Carcinoid tumors of the ovary / Michael J. Worley, Michael G. Muto

Uterine carcinosarcoma / Premal H. Thaker, Don S. Dizon

Uterine leiomyosarcoma / Marcela G. del Carmen

Mucinous tumors of the uterine corpus / Rachel M. Clark, Marcela G. del Carmen

Uterine clear cell carcinoma / J. Alejandro Rauh-Hain, Alexander B. Olawaiye, David M. Boruta

Updates in the management of uterine serous cancer / Amanda Ramos, Amanda Nickles-Fader

Endometrial stromal sarcomas / Kathleen M. Schmeler, J. Alejandro Rauh-Hain, Marcela G. del Carmen

Small cell and neuroendocrine cancers of the cervix / Olivia W. Foley, Leslie S. Bradford, Marcela G. del Carmen

Primary malignant melanoma of the vagina and vulva / Alexander B. Olawaiye

Sarcomas of the vulva and vagina / Rachel M. Clark, J. Alejandro Rauh-Hain, Marcela G. del Carmen

Gestational trophoblastic disease / Whitfield Growdon.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-118-65531-1

1-118-65534-6

1-118-65533-8

OCLC:

896796348