Cervical Cancer: From Epidemiology and Diagnostics to Treatment and Surveillance

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Cervical Cancer: From Epidemiology and Diagnostics to Treatment and Surveillance offers a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of all main aspects of the management of cervical cancer. Chapters are written by key international experts in the field, and information is presented in a format that is easy to put into practice and can guide readers in low- and high-resource regions alike.The book discusses all aspects of cervical cancer including global epidemiology, prevention and potential eradication; diagnostics and clinical staging; pathology; surgical treatment; radiotherapy; and systemic treatment. In addition, it discusses cervical cancer in pregnancy and surveillance. It is a valuable resource for cancer researchers, oncologists, graduate students, gynecologic oncologists, and members of biomedical research who need to understand more about cervical cancer to apply in their research work or clinical setting.

Contenu

1. Introduction

2. Global epidemiology, prevention, and ambitions for eradication

3. Diagnostics and clinical staging

4. Pathology

5. Critical appraisal of prognostic factors and models

6. Surgical treatment

6.1. Radical parametrectomy and lymphadenectomy technique and classification

6.2. Sentinel lymph node concept

6.3. Surgical management of early stages

6.4. Fertility-sparing management

6.5. Pelvic exenterations, LEER, and out-of-the-box procedures

6.6. Morbidity of surgery

7. Radiotherapy

7.1. Principles of radiotherapy

7.2. Role of adjuvant treatment in early stages

7.3. Primary chemoradiation in locally advanced disease

7.4. Radiotherapy in the management of isolated distant metastases and in palliation

7.5. Morbidity of radiotherapy

8. Systemic treatment

8.1. Primary metastatic disease

8.2. Recurrent disease

8.3. Toxicity of systemic treatment

9. Cervical cancer in pregnancy

10. Surveillance