Uncommon gynecologic cancers

Rare gynecological cancers kill all too commonly Gynecological cancer is a frightening prospect for women. It is terrifying also for physicians who need, but often can't find, guidance on how to investigate and appropriately treat the tumors. Rare cancers provide greater challenges as information can be harder to find and more difficult to verify. Rare Gynecologic Cancers: Diagnosis and Management brings together all you need to know on these life-threatening diseases. Straightforward summaries of pathophysiologic processes lead to the investigations that will improve your diagnostic accura.

Title Page; Copyright; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Part 1 General Principles; Chapter 1 Molecular Targets in Gynecologic Cancers; Introduction; Phosphoinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) pathway; Mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway; Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2); Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF); Poly (adenosine) diphosphate [ADP]-ribose polymerase (PARP); References; Chapter 2 Imaging of Rare Gynecologic Tumors; Imaging guidelines; Imaging of uncommon ovarian malignancies; Imaging of uncommon uterine and endometrial malignancies.

Imaging of uncommon cervical malignanciesImaging of uncommon vaginal and vulvar malignancies; Conclusion; References; Chapter 3 Pathology Overview of Rare Gynecologic Tumors; Ovary; The Uterine Corpus; Uterine Cervix; Vagina and Vulva; Fallopian Tube; Peritoneum; References; Part 2 Rare Ovarian Cancers; Chapter 4 Ovarian Clear Cell Carcinoma; Introduction; Epidemiology; Pathology; Pathogenesis; Clinical presentation; Pretreatment evaluation; Prognostic factors; Treatment; Future directions; Surveillance; Conclusions; References; Chapter 5 Mucinous Epithelial Ovarian Cancer; Introduction.

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