Gynecological Cancer Management (ePub)

This concise and practical guide enables the gynecologist to
differentiate between benign and malignant gynecologic conditions
to determine the best management options for the patient.

Over the past three decades, as the specialty of obstetrics and
gynecology has matured into a broad and diverse group of skills and
disciplines, it has become apparent that there are diagnoses and
conditions in gynecologic oncology where the
obstetrician-gynecologist has a level of uncertainty, or lack of
confidence in his ability or knowledge base to adequately manage
the patient and therefore refers the patient to a gynecologic
oncologist.

This text portrays the advances in the field and reviews the
current management of a number of gynaecologic conditions to give
the reader the confidence needed to deal with these issues. The
distinguides Editors have crafted the book to include:

* Case vignettes to provide clinical context

* Pathology notes to aid diagnostic outcomes

* Management guidance for obgyn practitioners to enable the best
outcome for their patients

Each topic is introduced with a concise overview followed by
case-based scenarios which discuss the specific management of
common problems.

Providing the general gynecologist with the current clinical
information necessary to manage conditions and identify the
situations where consultation or referral to a gynecologic
oncologist would be in the patient's best interest.