Chemotherapy for gynecological neoplasms : current therapy and novel approaches /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Angioli, Roberto
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Marcel Dekker, Inc., [2004]
Series:Basic and clinical oncology ; 28.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • I. Basic principles of chemotherapy
  • Antineoplastic agents : classification and mechanisms of action
  • Mechanisms of chemosensitivity and resistance
  • In vitro testing for drug sensitivity/resistance
  • Basic principles of dose itensity and high-dose chemotherapy
  • Immunotherapy in gynecologic malignancies
  • Gene therapy of ovarian cancer
  • Basic concepts of chemotherapy sequence and combinations
  • Pharmacoeconomic applications in gynecologic oncology
  • II. Clinical aspects of chemotherapy
  • Guidelines to writing a clinical protocol
  • Evaluation of gynecologic tumor response : when and how ?
  • Practical guide on how to deliver chemotherapy
  • Evaluation of the patient for chemotherapy
  • Chemotherapy in pregnancy
  • Supportive treatment in gynecologic malignancies
  • Hormone replacement therapy in gynecologic cancer patients and survivors
  • Infections in patients with gynecological malignancies : prevention and management
  • Pharmacologic pain management in gynecologic oncology
  • Blood transfusion during chemotherapy : risks and benefits
  • Role of tumor markers in gynecologic oncology
  • Role of chemoprotectors during chemotherapy
  • Chemoprevention in gynecological oncology
  • Role of psychological support during chemotherapy
  • Quality of life during chemotherapy : recent results and methodological challenges of conducting quality-of-life studies with gynecological cancer patients
  • III. Ovarian cancer
  • Management of early epithelial ovarian cancer
  • Chemotherapy for advanced primary epithelial ovarian cancer : neoadjuvant and adjuvant
  • Persistent and recurrent ovarian cancer
  • Intraperitoneal chemotherapy : basic concepts and clinical trials
  • Chemotherapy for germ cell tumors
  • Chemotherapy for sex cord-stromal tumors
  • Ovarian cancer : rationale and strategies beyond first-line treatment
  • IV. Fallopian tubes
  • Fallopian tube cancer
  • Chemotherapy of fallopian tube cancer
  • V. Corpus
  • Endometrial cancer
  • Medical therapy for endometrial hyperplasia and early endometrial cancer in patients desiring future childbearing
  • Uterine carcinomas : chemotherapy for primary and recurrent tumors
  • Chemotherapy in uterine mesenchymal tumors
  • VI. Cervix
  • Cervical cancer
  • Neoadjuvant chemotherapy in cervical cancer
  • Chemoradiation therapy in cervical cancer
  • Chemotherapy for recurrent and advanced cervical cancer
  • VII. Vulva and vagina
  • Vulvar cancer
  • Chemotherapy in vulvar cancer
  • Vaginal cancer
  • Vaginal cancer chemotherapy
  • VIII. Gestational trophoblastic disease
  • Management of hydatidiform mole
  • Trophoblastic disease
  • IX. Rare tumors
  • Rare tumor : melanoma - lymphoma - sarcoma