Cancer of the ovary
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Cancer of the ovary
Raven Press, c1993
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
Written by more than 40 leading experts, this volume is one of the most comprehensive and up-to-date reference texts available on ovarian cancer. The book provides the in-depth theoretical and practical information that is urgently needed by all physicians who care for women with this malignancy and that is unavailable in any standard gynaecology or oncology text. Coverage progresses from research on the basic biology, epidemiology, and genetics of ovarian cancer, to practical guidelines on diagnosis and management of the disease in both its early and its advanced stages. The contributors review the role of therapeutic modalities, including surgery, radiation therapy, immunotherapy, hormone therapy, and chemotherapy. The state-of-the-art coverage of chemotherapy includes detailed information on intraperitoneal chemotherapy, high-dose chemotherapy with autologous bone marrow support, new drugs such as taxol, and new multidrug regimens.
Table of Contents
- Normal ovarian development and function
- the histopathology of malignant ovarian tumours
- immunobiology of ovarian epithelial cancer
- growth factors, oncogenes and tumour-suppressor genes
- the epidemiology of ovarian cancer
- hereditary/familial ovarian cancer
- prognostic factors in ovarian cancer
- early diagnosis of epithelial ovarian cancer
- radiologic evaluation of ovarian cancer
- diagnosis and staging of epithelial ovarian cancer
- primary cytoreduction
- second-look laparotomy in ovarian cancer
- secondary cytoreduction of ovarian malignancies
- central venous and intraperitoneal access in patients
- with ovarian cancer
- the role of radiotherapy in the management of epithelial ovarian cancer
- "in vitro" evaluation of chemotherapeutic agents
- dose intensity in the treatment of ovarian carcinomal drug resistance in ovarian cancer
- chemotherapy in the management of celomic epithelial carcinoma of the ovary
- experimental agents (non-biological) in ovarian cancer
- immunotherapy of ovarian cancer
- intraperitoneal chemotherapy
- high-dose chemotherapy with autologous bone marrow support for the treatment of epithelial ovarian cancer
- hormone therapy in ovarian cancer
- complications of chemotherapy
- management of early stage ovarian cancer
- management of germ cell tumours of the ovary
- sex cord-stromal tumours of the ovary
- metastatic tumours to the ovary
- epithelial ovarian tumours of low malignant potential.
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