Publisher's Synopsis
This guidebook outlines the fundamental procedures for the care of women with gynaecologic cancer. Based on the authors' educational and working experiences at The John Hopkins Hospital, the manual represents the protocols of examination, evaluation and management for therapy of gynaecologic cancer patients in a house officer format.;It covers neoplasms of the endometrium, cervix, ovary, and the developing trophoblasts of pregnancy, in terms of: histopthology; staging; diagnosis and pretreatment evaluation; treatment; radiation therapy; follow-up and recurrence and also offers step-by-step guidance for: chemotherapy; radical hysterectomy; radical vulvectomy; intracavity irradiation; Hickman catheter care; and coloposcopy.;It features information on nutritional support and blood component therapy, as well as informative appendices on bowel preparation for surgery and official gynaecologic malignancy staging classification.;It is suitable for obstericians and gynaecologists in training and practice; oncologists; and non-specialist residents.
