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…
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…
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 (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…
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 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…
Traditionally, nutritional support has been viewed as an intervention to preserve lean body mass, maintain immune function, and avoid metabolic complications. As understanding of the biologic effects of nutrition has…
In gynecologic oncology, as in all branches of medicine, the clinical encounter with the patient—and often the family—has four specific aims. The first is to gather information from the patient…
Radiation therapy plays a major role in the treatment of patients with gynecologic malignancies. For women with cervical cancer, radiation therapy is the primary treatment for patients with advanced disease…
Compared with epithelial ovarian cancers, nonepithelial ovarian tumors are uncommon. They include malignancies of germ cell origin, sex-cord–stromal cell origin, metastatic carcinomas to the ovary, and a variety of extremely…
