A Primer of Gynecologic OncologyThis pocket-sized guide covers gynaecologic cancers and tumours, pain management and other topics in gynaecologic oncology. It contains look-up tables on vulvar cancer, vaginal tumours, cervical cancer, uterine corpus cancer, neoplasms of the fallopian tube/oviduct, ovarian tumours, trophoblastic disease, and the grading of squamous carcinomas and adenocarcinomas. |
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abdominal abnormal adenocarcinoma adenofibroma agents and/or ascites benign bladder bleeding cervical cancer cervical carcinoma cervix Chapter Appendix chemotherapy clinical cone biopsy corpus cure rate cystadenoma cystic CYSTS diagnosis dose drugs dysplasia endometrial carcinoma endometrioid endometrium epithelial ovarian epithelium estrogen estrogen replacement evaluation fallopian tube FIGO Staging frequently function genital tract germ cell tumors grade groin growth gynecologic heterologous histologic hyperplasia hysterectomy infection intraepithelial invasion involvement lead lesion lymph nodes lymphatic malignant melanoma menopause ment metastasis microscopic mole mucinous Myelosuppression noma normal occasionally opioid ovarian cancer ovarian carcinoma ovarian neoplasms ovarian tumors ovary pain papillary serous patients pelvic lymph nodes pelvic wall peritoneal polyp poorly differentiated potential pre-invasive pregnancy prognosis radiation therapy rare rectum removal risk serous tumors spread squamous Stage IA stromal surface surgical symptoms Table Teratoma tion tissue treatment trophoblastic trophoblastic disease upper vagina ureter usually uterine sarcoma uterus vagina vulva vulvar carcinoma well-differentiated women