Principles and practice of gynecologic oncology. 2nd ed Book Whole

  


Editors: Hoskins, W. J.; Perez, C. A.; Young, R. C.
Title: Principles and practice of gynecologic oncology. 2nd ed
Abstract: This second edition text, using a multidisciplinary approach, presents up-to-date information regarding the diagnosis and treatment of gynecological tumors. It comprises thirty-seven individually authored chapters divided into three sections. It is intended for students, gynecologic oncologists, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, pathologists, and the general practitioner. The epidemiology of gynecologic cancers, genetic determinants, biology, and immunology of gynecologic cancers are thoroughly examined in the first section of the book. Therapeutic modalities and related subjects such as surgical principles in gynecologic oncology and the physical aspects of radiation oncology are presented. Chemotherapy principles, pharmacology, and management of pain in gynecologic caner are also discussed. Sexual rehabilitation, nutrition, and diagnostic imaging techniques in gynecologic oncology treatments are evaluated. Other topics include disease sites such as the vulva, vagina, and uterine cervix as well as the pathogenesis and diagnosis of preinvasive lesions. New in this edition are chapters on gynecologic oncology for the general obstetrician/gynecologist, cancer in the pregnant patient, and breast cancer. Incorporated into the well-referenced chapters are photographs, radiographs, drawings, charts, tables, and graphs. An index is provided at the end of the work.
Keywords: treatment; radiotherapy; oncology; immunology; diagnosis; epidemiology; gynecology; reproduction; population studies; reproductive system; human medicine; medical sciences; neoplasms - pathology; clinical aspects and systemic effects 24008; neoplasms - immunology 24004; reproductive system - pathology 24001; neoplasms - diagnostic methods 24003; neoplasms - therapeutic agents and therapy 37054; 16506; public health: epidemiology - organic diseases and neoplasms chemotherapy
ISBN: 9780397515639
Publisher: Lippincott-Raven  
Publication Place: Philadelphia, PA
Date Published: 1997-01-01
Total Pages: 1178
Language: English
ACCESSION: BCI:BCI199799344535
PROVIDER: biosis
Notes: Book -- 227 East Washington Square, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106, USA -- Source: Biosis
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  1. William Hoskins
    255 Hoskins
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