Diagnosis and treatment of rare gynecologic cancers /
Frumovitz, Michael,editor
Leitao, Mario M.,editor
Ramalingam, Preetha,editor
Offering a one-stop guide to recognition and therapeutic decision making, Diagnosis and Treatment of Rare Gynecologic Cancers fills a gap in the medical literature on uncommon ovarian, uterine, cervical, and vulvovaginal cancers and trophoblastic diseases. This authoritative text, edited by Drs. Michael Frumovitz, Mario Leitao, and Preetha Ramalingam, has been authored by internationally recognized experts from top institutions such as MD Anderson Cancer Center and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Each chapter covers different cancer subtypes and has been reviewed by an oncologist and a pathologist.
Includes bibliographies and index
Description based on publisher website (viewed on August 19, 2022).
Offering a one-stop guide to recognition and therapeutic decision making, Diagnosis and Treatment of Rare Gynecologic Cancers fills a gap in the medical literature on uncommon ovarian, uterine, cervical, and vulvovaginal cancers and trophoblastic diseases. This authoritative text, edited by Drs. Michael Frumovitz, Mario Leitao, and Preetha Ramalingam, has been authored by internationally recognized experts from top institutions such as MD Anderson Cancer Center and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Each chapter covers different cancer subtypes and has been reviewed by an oncologist and a pathologist.
1. Malignant ovarian germ cell tumors --2. Sex cord stromal tumors of the ovary --3. Ovarian carcinosarcoma--4. Ovarian clear cell carcinoma--5. Mucinous ovarian carcinomas--6. Low-grade serous ovarian cancer--7. Small cell carcinoma of the ovary, hypercalcemic type--8. Other rare ovarian cancers: Transitional cell carcinoma, malignant Brenner tumor, endometrioid carcinoma, mesothelioma, squamous cell carcinoma, sarcoma--9. Uterine leiomyosarcoma--10. Other rare uterine sarcomas: Adenosarcoma, endometrial stromal sarcoma, STUMP--11. Uterine carcinosarcoma--12. Uterine serous carcinoma--13. Other rare uterine cancers: neuroendocrine tumors, yolk sac tumors, choriocarcinoma --14. High grade neuroendocrine carcinoma of the cervix --15. Other rare cervical cancers: cervical rhabdomyosarcoma, adenoid cystic carcinoma, verrucous carcinoma --16. Clear cell carcinoma of the vagina and cervix--17. Vulvovaginal melanoma--18. Bartholin gland carcinomas--19. Vulvar extramammary Paget disease--20. Other rare vulvovaginal cancers: Verrucous carcinoma, aggressive angiomyxoma, vulvar yolk sac tumor --21. Gestational trophoblastic disease.
Online resource; title from table of contents page (Elsevier ClinicalKey, viewed September 7, 2022).
ClinicalKey
Generative organs, Female
Genital Neoplasms, Female
Genital Neoplasms, Female
Gynecology.
Medical Oncology.