Preventive Oncology for the Gynecologist

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Mehta, Sumita (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Singla, Anshuja (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Θέματα: Oncology .; Gynecology .; Health promotion.; Oncology.; Gynecology.; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.

This book explores all aspects of preventive oncology of the female genital tract and provides readers with detailed insights on the topic. Preventive oncology has long been recognized as a pressing need, though formally few steps have been taken to actively promote it. The book's respective ch...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• HPV epidemiology in prevention of cervical cancer
• Cytology versus HPV testing for primary prevention
• Methods of HPV testing: clinical implications
• Novel biomarkers for HPV detection
• Colposcopic principles & tissue basis
• Colposcopic features of cervical intraepithelial lesions
• HPV vaccines
• Cervical cancer screening in pregnancy
• Cervical cancer screening in low resource settings
• Ablative methods for treatment of intraepithelial lesions
• CIN 2 lesions: management dilemmas
• Follow up after treatment of CIN
• Epidemiology/Risk factors of endometrial cancers
• Role of cytology
• Hysteroscopy and cancer prevention
• Premalignant lesions of endometrium? Endometrial hyperplasia
• Hereditary endometrial cancers & prevention
• Chemoprevention of endometrial cancers
• Ovarian malignancy: risk factors
• Role of tumor markers
• Sonographic screening
• Role of prophylactic surgery/oophorectomy
• Risk factors for breast malignancy
• Role of breast examination/CBE
• Facts about mammography
• Cancer risk & genetic testing
• What's new in breast screening
• Classification of vulval lesions
• Vulvoscopy: the way forward
• Vulval intraepithelial lesions(VIN): diagnosis & management
• Vaginal intraepithelial lesions(VAIN)
• Screening guidelines for cervical cancer
• Screening guidelines for endometrial cancer
• Recommendations for ovarian cancer screening
• Breast cancer screening strategies
• Case discussions on various scenarios of different premalignant conditions of cervix, endometrium, breast & ovary.