Gynecologic Cancer

The treatment of gynecologic cancers has improved owing to strong multidisciplinary efforts over the years. These efforts have resulted in a sharp reduction in both the incidence and mortality of invasive cervical cancer and marked improvements in early detection of the disease. Now, emphasis is being placed on fertility preservation, and options are being explored in cervical cancer as well as in other cancers where this may be possible.

The treatment of vulvar cancer, which can be quite debilitating in its advanced stages, has followed an approach similar to that of breast cancer, where radical surgery has given way to a multimodal approach that emphasizes quality of life as well as survival.

The introduction of paclitaxel was a major development in the primary treatment of ovarian cancer. This monograph also describes the appropriate use of other cytotoxic drugs for the treatment of recurrence or for palliation.

As this book goes to press, there is more cogent evidence that intraperitoneal platinum-based therapy is likely to become a part of the standard treatment in this disease. In addition to therapy advances, there have been improvements in diagnostic tools and their application in ovarian cancer

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Published in 2005

Published by Springer

Author Patricia J.Eifel

ISBN 0387287949Size 7.00MB

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