Rare and Uncommon Gynecological Cancers

by Reed, Nicholas; Green, John Alan; Gershenson, David M.; Siddiqui, Nadeem; Connor, Rachel

• ISBN13: 9783642134913
• ISBN10: 3642134912
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-11-29
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

This book is intended as a reference manual that will provide the busy clinician with up-to-date information on the diagnosis and treatment of uncommon and rare gynecological cancers. While standard textbooks briefly cover these tumors, this is intended as a more comprehensive yet easy-to-use guide. After opening chapters on epidemiology, pathology, and diagnostic imaging, the full range of infrequently encountered gynecological cancers (ovarian, uterine, cervical, vaginal, and vulval) is presented and discussed with the aid of high-quality illustrations. In each case, detailed attention is paid to both differential diagnosis and current treatment options. The book has been written by an international panel of experts and is the first to gather all the uncommon and rare gynecological cancers together within one volume.

Table of Contents

General Principles
Introduction	p. 3
Epidemiology and Databases	p. 7
Rare and Uncommon Gynaecological Cancers: A Clinical Guide	p. 11
The Contribution of Diagnostic Imaging in Rare Gynaecological Malignancies	p. 15
Ovarian Rare Cancers
Mucinous Cancers: Ovary	p. 67
Pseudomyxoma Peritonei	p. 75
Ovarian Clear Cell Carcinoma	p. 83
Clear Cell Carcinoma of the Ovary	p. 91
The Continuum of Serous Ovarian Tumors of Low Malignant Potential and Low-Grade Serous Carcinoma of the Ovary	p. 105
Sex Cord-Stromal Tumors	p. 113
Squamous Cell Carcinomas Arising From Dermoids	p. 131
Ovarian Carcinosarcomas	p. 135
Small Cell and Neuroendocrine Cancers of the Ovary	p. 143
Primary Ovarian Carcinoids and Neuro-Endocrine Tumours Including Struma Ovarii	p. 149
Uterine Rare Cancers
Reed Uterine Carcinosarcomas	p. 157
Leiomyosarcomas of Uterus	p. 169
Mucinous Tumours of the Uterine Corpus	p. 181
Clear Cell Cancers of Uterus	p. 183
Cervix and Vulval Cancers
Small Cell and Neuroendocrine Cancers of the Cervix	p. 195
Primary Malignant Melanoma of the Vulva and Vagina	p. 203
Gynecologic Cancers in Pregnancy: Guidelines of an International Consensus Meeting	p. 209
Index	p. 229
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