Gynecologic cancers
By: edited by Lois Almadrones-Cassidy
Series: Site-specific cancer series
Publisher: Oncology Nursing Society
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Pittsburgh, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 193
ISBN-13: 9781890504861
Subjects: Female Generative organs; Cancer in women; Cancer; Diagnosis
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Overview; title: Anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology; title: Prevention and early detection of cancers of the cervix, ovaries, and endometrium; title: Preinvasive disease of the cervix, vulva, and vagina; title: Invasive cervical cancer; title: Endometrial cancer; title: Epithelial ovarian cancer, Fallopian tube carcinoma, and primary peritoneal carcinoma; title: Nonepithelial ovarian cancer; title: Gynecologic sarcomas; title: Trophoblastic disease; title: Vulvar and vaginal cancers; title: Pelvic exenteration and reconstruction; title: Acute symptom management; title: Long-term symptom management. Appendix. International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics Staging Classification for Gynecologic Cancer.