Overview
- Enables readers to gain an overview of precision medicine in gynecological cancers
- Broadens understanding of genomic approaches in gyn/ob
- Elaborates on future perspectives for the treatment of various diseases of female patients
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Comprehensive Gynecology and Obstetrics (CGO)
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
Keywords
About this book
This volume presents the scientific advances and current status of our understanding of precision medicine for common diseases in gynecology and obstetrics. Standard treatments based on clinical guidelines in the field have been established for decades, and those are essential to daily clinical practice. Meanwhile comprehensive genomic and genetic analyses have led to personalized medicine by precise clinical and genomic approaches. This book is organized into two major parts, gynecology and obstetrics, and the chapters in each part give a clear exposition of the current knowledge and the future perspectives for the treatment of various gynecological cancers, maternal disorders, and other diseases that affect female patients. Topics on novel treatment strategy with the application of molecular targeted drugs, immunotherapy, and prevention medicine are also covered.
This collection benefits not only experienced gynecologists and obstetricians, but also young physicians who would like to begin clinical and basic research on diseases in women, researchers in basic medicine, and all medical oncologists who are involved in gynecological cancers.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Ikuo Konishi, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
Director, National Hospital Organization, Kyoto Medical Center, Kyoto, Japan
Past President, Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology
President, Asian Society of Gynecologic Oncology
Dr. Konishi completed his doctorates at the Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine. After starting his career as an assistant professor at Kyoto University, he became a full professor at Shinshu University in 1999 and returned to Kyoto University as a professor in 2007. He is one of the most distinguished gynecologists in Japan, specializing in gynecologic oncology. Dr. Konishi is an authority in surgery and chemotherapy for gynecologic cancers and also is strenuously engaged in the dissemination of protective vaccine for uterine cervical cancer.
He was awarded The Komei Nakayama Prize in 2016, which is given to pioneering doctors who have contributed to cancer treatment, diagnosis, and prevention.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Precision Medicine in Gynecology and Obstetrics
Editors: Ikuo Konishi
Series Title: Comprehensive Gynecology and Obstetrics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2489-4
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-2488-7Published: 26 June 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-10-9629-7Published: 15 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-2489-4Published: 13 June 2017
Series ISSN: 2364-1932
Series E-ISSN: 2364-219X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 250
Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations, 41 illustrations in colour
Topics: Gynecology, Oncology, Reproductive Medicine