Precision Molecular Pathology of Uterine Cancer

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Deavers, Michael T. (Editor), Coffey, Donna M. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Molecular Pathology Library, 11
• Subjects: Medicine.; Gynecology.; Oncology.; Pathology.; Medicine & Public Health.

This text provides a comprehensive review for practicing pathologists to understand the molecular biology, diagnostics, and predictive markers and implications for therapy of uterine cancer. While molecular based therapeutic strategies for uterine cancer are not as well developed as for some other o...

Table of Contents:

• Part I: Introduction
• Endometrial Carcinoma: Precursor Lesions and Molecular Profiles
• Part II: Endometrial Carcinoma
• Classification of Endometrial Carcinoma
• Immunohistochemical Markers in Endometrial Carcinoma
• Molecular Pathology of Endometrioid Adencarcinoma
• The Molecular Pathology of Serous Endometrial Cancer
• Uterine Clear Cell Carcinoma
• Mucinous Adenocarcinoma of the Endometrium
• Molecular Pathology of Uterine Carcinosarcoma
• Hereditary Endometrial Carcinomas
• Targeted Therapy and Prevention of Endometrial Cancer
• Part III: Uterine Mesenchymal Tumors (Nucci)
• Molecular Pathology of Cervival Dysplasia and Carcinoma.