Description
Overview
Gynecologic Oncology: Clinical Practice and Surgical Atlas is a comprehensive reference and surgical guide for gynecologic oncology. Encompassing a wide range of topics, this resource offers an introduction to the field, highlighting the principles and management strategies of gynecologic oncology. It also provides a detailed overview of specific malignancies and the associated clinical practice guidelines.
Key Features
- Epidemiology, Pathology, Clinical Presentation, Diagnosis, Staging, Treatment, Survival, Key management strategies for each disease.
- Examination of basic gynecological oncology topics including epidemiology, clinical trial design, biostatistics, genetics and biology of gynecologic cancers, and diagnostic modalities.
- In-depth coverage of disease sites such as cervical cancer, gestational trophoblastic disease, epithelial ovarian cancers, and breast cancer.
- Insight into clinical management topics including perioperative and critical care, principles of chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and immunotherapies, and quality of care and quality of life.
- Over 600 figures, tables, algorithms, color photos, and illustrations.
Highlights
The book is unique in bringing together a reference guide and a surgical atlas in one comprehensive text. It is considered a Doody’s Core Title for 2019. Offering an in-depth, hands-on look at clinical management topics, it presents up-to-date surveys of key areas.
Book Structure
The structure of the book is consistent and streamlined for each disease, with key points reviewed at the beginning of each chapter and chapter conclusions summarizing the core concepts. The book is also heavily evidence-based, with references at the end of each chapter.
Authors
Beth Y. Karlan, Robert E. Bristow, Andrew John Li
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