Description:
Ovarian cancer is the most common and lethal gynecological malignancy,
partly because the majority of patients present with advanced disease.
Nevertheless, the management of patients with ovarian neoplasms has
changed substantially in recent years, with improved survival due to
better screening strategies, major advances in chemotherapy and the
constantly evolving role of surgery. Optimal patient care is best
achieved by a multidisciplinary team, with imaging playing a pivotal
role. The explosion of technological developments in imaging in recent
years has meant that all members of the team should understand the
potential applications, limitations and advantages of evolving imaging
techniques. Each volume in Contemporary Issues in Cancer Imaging - A
Multidisciplinary Approach is edited by an expert guest editor with
contributions from all members of the multidisciplinary team, thus
bringing together expertise from many specialties to promote the
understanding and application of modern imaging in overall patient
management.
Contents:
Series foreword Rodney Reznek; Preface Rodney
Reznek; 1. Epidemiology of ovarian cancer Karim Elmasry and Simon
Gayther; 2. The pathological features of ovarian neoplasia David Lowe;
3. Ovarian cancer screening Adam Rosenthal. Usha Menon and Ian Jacobs;
4. Surgical management of patients with epithelial ovarian cancer James
Balega and John Shepherd; 5. Medical treatment of ovarian carcinoma
Rebecca Bowen and Maurice Slevin; 6. Ultrasound in ovarian carcinoma
Judith Webb; 7. MR imaging in ovarian cancer Rodney Reznek and S.
Sohaib; 8. CT in carcinoma of the ovary John Spencer; 9. PET and PET/CT
in ovarian cancer Norbert Avril.
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