Gynecologic Oncology Handbook: An Evidence-Based Clinical Guide

Michelle F. Benoit, MD · Creighton L. Edwards, MD · M. Yvette Williams-Brown, MD, MMSc, FACOG

mai 2013 · Demos Medical Publishing

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Gynecologic Oncology Handbook provides a comprehensive yet concise, practical guide for fellows, residents, specialist trainees, and clinicians in the diagnosis and management of gynecologic cancers. The book addresses the fundamentals of gynecologic oncology, including staging, surgical therapies, comorbidity diagnosis and management, adjuvant therapies including chemotherapy and radiation, and survival and palliative care. With a focus on specific management decision-making, the book provides the basic information needed to guide the clinician on the ward or in the clinic, including clinical study references, medical comorbidity algorithms, and directed gynecologic cancer workups and treatments. In a bullet point format, the book provides the resources you need to meet the demands of clinical management in gynecologic cancer care.

Gynecologic Oncology Handbook features:

• Covers all fundamentals of gynecologic oncology including, staging, surgical therapies, comorbidity diagnosis and management, adjuvant therapies, and background study data
• Examines survivor care and palliative care practices
• Includes clinical study references, medical comorbidity algorithms, and directed workups and treatments
• Written in bullet-point format for quick reference

Om forfatteren

Michelle F. Benoit, MD is a Gynecologic Oncologist in the Division of Women’s Health Care at Kaiser Permanente Washington’s Bellevue Medical Center and Overlake Hospital Medical Center in Bellevue, Washington.

Creighton L. Edwards, MD is Professor and Raymond H. Kaufman, MD and Patricia Ann Kaufman Endowed Chair in Obstetrics and Gynecology in the Department of OB-GYN, Division of Gynecologic Oncology at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas.

M. Yvette Williams-Brown, MD, MMSc, FACOG is an Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Department of Women’s Health and a Courtesy Associate Professor in the Department of Oncology at The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School in Austin, Texas.