Overview
- Features current and emerging practices in the diagnosis and management of ovarian cancer
- Discusses new advances in genetic screening, chemotherapy, gene therapy, laparoscopy, and robotic surgery
- An up-to-date resource for practitioners and researchers
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This new edition features updated information on all aspects of the diagnosis and management of ovarian cancer. Embracing knowledge from around the world, this multidisciplinary book discusses current approaches to ovarian cancer that have helped stabilize the rate of both incidences and fatality for the disease. The chapters focus on genetic screening and advances in management, including the optimization of chemotherapeutic agents, gene therapy, and the latest laparoscopic and robotic surgical techniques. Further chapters address psychosocial and quality-of-life issues as well. The book is a must-have resource for wide range of practitioners who care for patients with ovarian cancer and researchers who study the disease.
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Samir A. Farghaly, MD, PhD
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Joan and Sanford Weill Cornell University Medical Center - New York-Presbyterian Hospital, and Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center- Cornell University
New York, NY
USA
Samir A. Farghaly is a physician/scientist and national and international expert in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Joan and Sanford I. Weill College of Medicine, Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center, and the New York Presbyterian Hospital/ Weill Cornell Medical Center at Cornell University. He received his M.D. from London University and his PhD degree in Molecular Biology from London University. He was affiliated with major London University teaching hospitals, Columbia University College of Physicians, and Surgeons/ Columbia University Medical Center.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Joan and Sanford Weill Cornell University Medical Center - New York-Presbyterian Hospital, and Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center- Cornell University
New York, NY
USA
Samir A. Farghaly is a physician/scientist and national and international expert in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Joan and Sanford I. Weill College of Medicine, Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center, and the New York Presbyterian Hospital/ Weill Cornell Medical Center at Cornell University. He received his M.D. from London University and his PhD degree in Molecular Biology from London University. He was affiliated with major London University teaching hospitals, Columbia University College of Physicians, and Surgeons/ Columbia University Medical Center.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Advances in Diagnosis and Management of Ovarian Cancer
Editors: Samir A. Farghaly
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-09169-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-09168-1Published: 12 October 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-09171-1Published: 13 October 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-09169-8Published: 11 October 2022
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XII, 247
Number of Illustrations: 14 b/w illustrations, 35 illustrations in colour
Topics: Oncology, Gynecology