Ovarian Cancer

A comprehensive text on ovarian cancer, this work provides the basic science background, reviews the histology of major subtypes and discusses clinical aspects, including surgery and future directions in the quest for early detection methods.

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This text comprehensively covers and documents the subject of ovarian cancer, which causes more deaths than all other gynaecological malignancies combined. The Basic Science section (covering genetics, growth factors and oncogenes, chemotherapy resistance and the immunobiology of ovarian cancer) provides the clinican with the basic science background to develop a solid understanding of the disease. The second section reviews the histology of the major subtypes of ovarian malignancies, which is followed by a section on the clinical aspects of ovarian cancer. This includes aspects of surgery of ovarian cancer with descriptions and illustrations of operative techniques and future directions in the quest for early detection methods.