Gynecological Cancer Management: Identification, Diagnosis And Treatment
by Daniel Clarke-Pearson /
2009 / English / PDF
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This concise and practical guide enables the gynecologist todifferentiate between benign and malignant gynecologic conditionsto determine the best management options for the patient. Over the past three decades, as the specialty of obstetrics andgynecology has matured into a broad and diverse group of skills anddisciplines, it has become apparent that there are diagnoses andconditions in gynecologic oncology where theobstetrician-gynecologist has a level of uncertainty, or lack ofconfidence in his ability or knowledge base to adequately managethe patient and therefore refers the patient to a gynecologiconcologist. This text portrays the advances in the field and reviews thecurrent management of a number of gynaecologic conditions to givethe reader the confidence needed to deal with these issues. Thedistinguides 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 bestoutcome for their patients Each topic is introduced with a concise overview followed bycase-based scenarios which discuss the specific management ofcommon problems. Providing the general gynecologist with the current clinicalinformation necessary to manage conditions and identify thesituations where consultation or referral to a gynecologiconcologist would be in the patients best interest.
