Uterine Cancer Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Muggia, Franco (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Santin, Alessandro D. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Oliva, Esther (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2018.
• Series: Current Clinical Oncology,
• Subjects: Oncology .; Gynecology .; Radiology.; Oncology.; Gynecology.; Imaging / Radiology.

There are more than 63,000 new cases of uterine and endometrial cancer each year in the United States, up from approximately 41,000 when the first edition of Uterine Cancer was published in 2009. A book focusing on these cancers was timely, with emergent sophistication in diagnosis increasingly impa...

Table of Contents:

• The Essential Epidemiology of Cancer of the Endometrium
• Endometrial Cancer: Screening, Diagnosis, and Surgical Staging
• Imaging in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Endometrial Cancer
• Uterine Cancer: Pathology
• Molecular Pathology and Cytogenetics of Endometrial Carcinoma, Carcinosarcoma, and Uterine Sarcomas
• Prognostic Factors in Uterine Cancer
• Primary Hormonal Therapy of Endometrial Cancer
• Early-Stage Endometrial Cancer: Surgery
• Early-Stage Endometrial Cancer: Radiation-Less May Be More
• Therapeutic Modalities in Early-Stage Uterine Papillary Serous Carcinomas, Carcinosarcomas, Clear-Cell and Mixed Histology Carcinomas: Treatment of Choice Is Combined Chemotherapy and Radiation
• Treatment of Advanced and Recurrent Carcinoma: Chemotherapy
• Treatment for Advanced and Recurrent Carcinoma: Combined Modalities
• Management of Uterine Sarcomas
• Future Directions and New Targets in Endometrial Cancer.