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Title Advances in diagnosis and management of ovarian cancer / Samir A. Farghaly, editor
Edition Second edition
Published Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2022

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and color)
Contents 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
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
Notes Includes index
Bibliography 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
Notes Print version record
Subject Ovaries -- Cancer
Ovarian Neoplasms -- diagnosis
Ovarian Neoplasms -- therapy
Ovarian Neoplasms
Ovaries -- Cancer
CĂ ncer d'ovari.
Genre/Form Electronic books
Llibres electrònics.
Form Electronic book
Author Farghaly, Samir A., editor.
ISBN 9783031091698
3031091698