Main description:

Gynecologic cancer includes cancer of the female lower genital tract: vagina, vulva, cervix, endometrium, uterus, and ovaries.

Gynecologic Cancer is the fourth volume in the M.D. Anderson Cancer Care Series, featuring the current standard approach to gynecologic cancer care from the experts at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.

Designed for the practicing oncologist, this clinical guidebook allows for quick, authoritative access to the latest and best multimodality therapies. Topics covered in this volume include primary prevention and early detection, preinvasive diseases of female lower genital tract, pathology and imaging of gynecologica malignancies, treatment of vaginal, cervical, endometrial, uterine cancers. Discussions also address fertility-sparing options for treatment of women with gynecologica cancers as well as sexuality in women with gyn malignancies. Each of the 20 chapters ends with an up-to-date list of suggested readings, as well as "key practice points" highlighting the most principles and practices of each chapter for at-a-glance reference. More than 80 illustrations complement the text. This thorough, practical volume is the essential clinical guide for the oncologists, surgeons, and all physicians involved in the care of patients with gynecologic cancer.

Feature:

This thorough, practical volume is the essential clinical guide for the oncologists, surgeons, and all physicians involved in the care of patients with gynecologic cancer. Gynecologic Cancer allows quick, authoritative access to the latest and best multimodality therapies, including primary prevention, early detection, preinvasive diseases of female lower genital tract, pathology and imaging of gynecologica malignancies, treatment of vaginal, cervical, endometrial, uterine cancers. Fertility-sparing options for treatment of women with gynecological cancers as well as sexuality in women with gyn malignancies is addressed. Each chapter provides an up-to-date list of suggested readings and "key practice points" highlighting the most principles and practices for at-a-glance reference.

Back cover:

The treatment of gynecologic cancers at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center has a long history of multidisciplinary cooperation. Gynecologic Cancer, the fifth volume in the M. D. Anderson Cancer Care Series, details M. D. Anderson’s approach to the care of women with gynecologic cancers. Written for physicians, the book emphasizes the day-to-day aspects of practice, minimizing extensive literature review and approaches not yet incorporated into routine practice.

In 17 comprehensive yet concise chapters, M. D. Anderson faculty describe their approaches to the treatment of endometrial, ovarian, and cervical cancers, as well as preinvasive gynecologic diseases, vaginal and vulvar cancers, uterine sarcomas, and rare ovarian malignancies. In addition to the discussions of individual disease sites, the book contains chapters on prevention, pathology, imaging, fertility-sparing options, quality of life issues, including sexual functioning, and palliative care. Each chapter includes a list of suggested readings and key practice points that highlight the most important principles presented.

This thorough, practical volume, which includes more than 60 photographs and line drawings, is an essential clinical guide for oncologists, surgeons, and all physicians involved in the care of patients with gynecologic cancers.

Contents:

Multidisciplinary Care of the Gynecologic Cancer Patient: Overview and Implementation * Primary Prevention and Early Detection of Gynecologic Cancers * Preinvasive Diseases of the Female Lower Genital Tract * Special Problems in the Pathology of Gynecologic Cancers * Imaging of Gynecologic Malignancies * Contemporary Treatment of Vaginal and Vulvar Cancers * Treatment of Early Cervical Cancer * Treatment of Advanced Cervical Cancer * Treatment of Uterine Sarcomas * Treatment of Endometrial Cancer * Surgery for Ovarian Cancer * Chemotherapy of Epithelial Ovarian Cancer * Treatment for Rare Ovarian Malignancies * Therapy for Gestational Trophoblastic Neoplasms * Fertility-Sparing Options for Treatment of Women with Gynecologic Cancers * Sexuality in Women with Gynecologic Malignancies * Palliative Care for Gynecologic Malignancies