Uterine Cancer - Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment

Muggia - Uterine Cancer
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Authors/editors: Franco Muggia and Esther Oliva
ISBN: 978-1-58829-736-5
Page count: 296
Publisher: Humana
Publication year: 2009

There are an estimated 40,000 new cases of Uterine Cancer each year in the United States alone, resulting in roughly 7500 deaths annually. In Uterine Cancer: Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment, Franco Muggia, Esther Oliva and a panel of prominent epidemiologists, pathologists, radiologists, and medical, radiation and gynecologic oncologists survey all aspects of Uterine Cancer, including current screening methods, staging and prognostic factors, and available treatment options.

Table of contents:
  1. The Essential Epidemiology of Cancer of the Endometrium
  2. Endometrial Cancer: Screening, Diagnosis, and Surgical Staging
  3. Imaging in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Endometrial Cancer
  4. Uterine Cancer: Pathology
  5. Molecular Pathology and Cytogenetics of Endometrial Carcinoma, Carcinosarcoma, and Uterine Sarcomas
  6. Prognostic Factors in Uterine Cancer
  7. Primary Hormonal Therapy of Endometrial Cancer
  8. Early-Stage Endometrial Cancer: Surgery
  9. Early-Stage Endometrial Cancer: Radiation
  10. Therapeutic Modalities in Early-Stage Uterine Papillary Serous Carcinomas, Carcinosarcomas, Clear-Cell and Mixed Histology Carcinomas: Building a Case for Combined Chemotherapy and Radiation
  11. Treatment of Advanced and Recurrent Carcinoma: Hormonal Therapy
  12. Treatment of Advanced and Recurrent Carcinoma: Chemotherapy
  13. Treatment for Advanced and Recurrent Carcinoma: Combined Modalities
  14. Management of Uterine Sarcomas
  15. Future Directions: New Targets

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