Frontiers in Ovarian Cancer Science

This volume presents the latest advances and the current status of our understanding regarding ovarian cancer, addressing both the basic and clinical aspects of the disease. In terms of basic medicine, the WHO Classification of Tumors of Female Reproductive Organs was revised in 2014, and that versi...

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Corporate Author SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors Katabuchi, Hidetaka (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
SeriesComprehensive Gynecology and Obstetrics,
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9789811041600
ISSN2364-1932
DOI10.1007/978-981-10-4160-0
Physical DescriptionVIII, 314 p. 78 illus., 67 illus. in color. online resource.

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Table of Contents:
  • 1 Epidemiology and Etiology of Ovarian Cancer
  • 2 Hereditary Ovarian Cancer
  • 3 Morphologic and Molecular Pathogenesis
  • 4 Screening and Prevention of Ovarian Cancer
  • 5 Pathology of Epithelial Ovarian Tumors
  • 6 Pathology of Non-epithelial Ovarian Tumors
  • 7 Ovarian Cancer Genome and Molecular Experimental Sciences
  • 8 Strategies for the Management of Epithelial Ovarian Cancer
  • 9 Strategies for the Management of Epithelial Ovarian Borderline Tumors
  • 10 Strategies for the Management of Non-epithelial  Ovarian Tumors
  • 11 Primary Surgical Treatment of Epithelial Ovarian Cancer
  • 12 Primary Chemotherapy and Targeted Molecular Therapy of Epithelial Ovarian Cancer
  • 13 Immunotherapy of Epithelial Ovarian Cancer
  • 14 Treatment of Recurrent Epithelial Ovarian Cancer
  • 15 Management of Adolescent Ovarian Cancer
  • 16 Management of Ovarian Cancer in the Elderly Population
  • 17 Palliative Medicine in the Management of Ovarian Cancer.