Cervical Cancer
Cervical cancer is the third most common cancer in women worldwide, after breast and colorectal cancer. Annual global estimates for the year 2008 were 530,000 new cases and 275,000 deaths…
Preoperative Evaluation, Medical Management, and Critical Care
Most patients with gynecologic cancer are middle-aged to elderly and have a high incidence of coexisting medical problems at the time of presentation. The medical status of all patients requiring…
Vulvar Cancer
Vulvar cancer represents about 5% of malignancies of the female genital tract and 0.6% of female cancers. There were estimated to be 4,850 new cases of vulvar cancer diagnosed in…
Surgical Techniques
In order to surgically manage gynecologic malignancies, it is frequently necessary to perform surgical procedures beyond the genital tract. These include selected operations on the intestinal and urologic tracts, and…
Epithelial Ovarian, Fallopian Tube, and Peritoneal Cancer
Epithelial ovarian cancer has the highest fatality-to-case ratio of all the gynecologic malignancies, because more than two-thirds of patients have advanced disease at diagnosis (1,2). It presents a major surgical…
Uterine Cancer
Endometrial carcinoma is the most common malignancy of the female genital tract in developed countries, and the fourth most common cancer in women after breast, lung, and colorectum. Developing countries…
Breast Disease
Essential tools for the practicing gynecologist are an understanding of benign and malignant breast diseases, the ability to detect and diagnose breast cancer, and an appreciation of the various treatment…
Gestational Trophoblastic Disease
Gestational trophoblastic disease (GTD) includes a spectrum of interrelated tumors, including complete and partial hydatidiform mole, invasive mole, choriocarcinoma, placental site trophoblastic tumor (PSTT) and epithelioid trophoblastic tumor (ETT) that…
Robotic Surgery
The focus of health care delivery is shifting toward modalities that provide the best value for patients, which requires optimization of the physical, emotional, and economic aspects of care. Se…
Laparoscopy
Laparoscopy is widely accepted for numerous gynecologic oncology operative procedures. These operations have been associated with short hospital stays, quick recovery times, and rapid return to full activity. The assistance…
