Diagnosis and Treatment of Rare Gynecologic Cancers

Offering aone-stop guide to recognition and therapeutic decision making,Diagnosis and Treatment of Rare Gynecologic Cancersfills a gap in the medical literature on uncommon ovarian, uterine, cervical, and vulvovaginal cancers and trophoblastic diseases. This authoritative text, edited by Drs. MichaelFrumovitz, MarioLeitao, andPreethaRamalingam, has been authored byinternationally recognized experts from top institutionssuch as MD Anderson Cancer Center and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Each chapter covers different cancer subtypes and has beenreviewed by an oncologist and a pathologist. Providesup-to-date clinical guidanceon assessment and therapeutic options for patients with rare gynecologic malignancies. Presents information in atemplated, easy-to-read format. Each chapter includes an introductory clinical case followed by epidemiology of disease, pathologic assessment, basic science/molecular/translational research, work-up of newly diagnosed disease, staging, treatment of newly diagnosed disease, treatment of recurrent disease, potential therapeutic targets, and a case resolution. Includesdiagnostic and treatment algorithmsfor each form of cancer. Contains numerous anatomical figures, radiographs, photographs, and tables forquick visual reference. Enhanced eBook version included with purchase.Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.