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Title
Advances in diagnosis and management of ovarian cancer / Samir A. Farghaly, editor.
Edition
Second edition.
ISBN
9783031091698 (electronic bk.)
3031091698 (electronic bk.)
9783031091681
303109168X
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2022.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and color).
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-031-09169-8 doi
Call Number
RC280.O8
Dewey Decimal Classification
616.99/465
Summary
This new edition features updated information on all aspects of the diagnosis and management of ovarian cancer. Embracing knowledge from around the world, this multidisciplinary book discusses current approaches to ovarian cancer that have helped stabilize the rate of both incidences and fatality for the disease. The chapters focus on genetic screening and advances in management, including the optimization of chemotherapeutic agents, gene therapy, and the latest laparoscopic and robotic surgical techniques. Further chapters address psychosocial and quality-of-life issues as well. The book is a must-have resource for wide range of practitioners who care for patients with ovarian cancer and researchers who study the disease.
Note
Includes index.
Bibliography, etc. Note
References -- 4: Hereditary Ovarian Cancer -- Background -- BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutations -- Prevalence -- Cancer Risks -- Screening and Risk-Reducing Surgery -- Phenotype -- Treatment -- PARP Inhibitors -- Resistance and Super-Responders -- Survival -- Lynch Syndrome -- Prevalence and Phenotype -- Risk -- Second Cancer Risk -- Ovarian Cancer Screening -- Aspirin Use -- Implications for Treatment -- Other Homologous Recombination Genes -- BRIP1 -- RAD51C -- RAD51D -- Non-epithelial Ovarian Cancer -- DICER1 -- Small Cell Cancer of the Ovary, Hypercalcaemic Type (SCCOHT) -- Conclusion -- References
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Description based on print version record.
1. Ovarian Cancer Epidemiology
2. Ovarian Cancer Screening and Early Detection
3. Ovarian Cancer Biomarkers
4. Hereditary Ovarian Cancer
5. Ovarian Cancer Pathology
6. Current Management of Patients with Early-stage Ovarian Cancer
7. Treatment of Advanced Stage Ovarian Cancer
8. Management of Recurrent Ovarian Cancer
9. Overview of Ovarian Cancer Chemotherapy
10. Management of Epithelial Ovarian Cancer with Peritoneal Metastases
11. Targeted Molecular Therapy for Ovarian Cancer Patients
12. Ovarian Cancer in the Pediatric Population
13. Quality of Life in Women with Ovarian Cancer.
