Molecular Pathology of Gynecologic Cancer [Hardcover]

This book focuses on putting successful molecular strategies into practice for the treatment of gynecologic cancer. It approaches research into the pathology and treatment of gynecologic oncology from both clinical and experimental perspectives. New insights made possible by the introduction of advanced technologies into the field are presented. This new volume will be necessary reading for clinicians and experimental researchers alike.

Molecular Pathology of Gynecologic Cancer focuses on putting successful molecular strategies into practice for the treatment of gynecologic cancer. The volume begins with an explication of the editors hypothesis that cancer is mainly a disease of the cell cycle, based on the deregulation of the physiological process of cell reproduction. The following eleven chapters focus on specific issues in gynecologic cancers, including: a proposed model of ovarian serous carcinogenesis, molecular markers for ovarian epithelial cancer, an overview of the pathology of endometrial cancer, molecular genetic aspects of endometrial carcinoma and cervical cancer, a natural history of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) as it relates to cervical cancer, and hereditary issues in gynecologic cancers. The concluding chapter proposes and outlines a holistic approach to the treatment of female cancer patients. This new volume in Humanas Current Clinical Oncology series will be necessary reading for clinicians and experimental researchers alike.

***completed________________________________________________________________________________MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY OF GYNECOLOGIC CANCEREDITORS : ANTONIO GIORDANO , M.D., Ph.D.ALESSANDRO BOVICELLI , M.D., Ph.D.ROBERT J. KURMAN, M.D., Ph.D.***PREFACEAlessandro Bovicelli and Giovan Giacomo Giordano, Honorary President of the Italian Tumor Society (SIT)PART I : INTRODUCTION***Chapter 1 : The Cell Cycle and the Molecular Biology of CancerGiuseppina D'Andrilli, Alessandro Bovicelli and Antonl*