Cervical Cancer: Contemporary Management (With DVD-ROM)

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This book is a complete guide to the treatment and management of cervical cancer. Beginning with screening, diagnosis and pre-invasive treatment of the disease, it then discusses pathology, surgical management, radiotherapy and chemotherapy, and management of disease recurrence. With contributions from numerous international specialists, this book has over 350 images and illustrations to help gynaecologists and surgeons understand the techniques and treatments. A DVD is included illustrating robotic hysterectomy, pelvic lymphadenectomy, radical trachelectomy and much more. Salient Features This book is probably the only book of its kind, which deals entirely with cervical cancer . For better reading, it is classified into eight sections and has a total of 33 chapters. Section are categorized as Section I: Conventional Screening, Newer Screening Methods, HPV carcinogenesis, biomarkers, HPV vaccination; Section II: Pathology of Cervical Cancer; Section III: Surgical Management of Early Stage Disease; Section IV: Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy; Section V: Management of Recurrent and Metastatic Disease; Section VI: Imaging Modalities for Cancer Cervix; Section VII: Special Case Scenarios, and Section VIII: Palliative Care. The book includes DVD on five surgical techniques, namely Robotic Radical Hysterectomy with Pelvic Lymphadenectomy, Robotic Pelvic Lymphadenectomy, Laparoscopic Radical Hysterectomy, Open Radical Hysterectomy andRadical Trachelectomy. Table Of Contents Section I: Conventional Screening, Newer Screening Methods, HPV Carcinogenesis, Biomarkers and HPV Vaccination Cervical Cancer Screening in the Developing World Cytology for Screening: Scope and Limitations Management of Abnormal Pap Smears Liquid Based Cytology HPV Carcinogenesis, Clinical Applications and Biomarkers in Cancer Cervix Current Status of HPV DNA Testing Role of Colposcopy in Diagnosis Treatment of Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia HPV Vaccination in Primary Prevention of Cervical Cancer Section II: Pathology of Cervical Cancer Histopathology of Preinvasive Squamous Lesions and Microinvasive Squamous Cell Carcinoma Pathology of Carcinoma Cervix Adenocarcinoma and other Rare Histologic Entities: Clinical Aspects Section III: Surgical Management of Early Stage Disease Surgical Anatomy of the Cervix Staging and Investigative Work-up Sentinel Lymph Node Evaluation Radical Trachelectomy Radical Hysterectomy with Pelvic Lymphadenectomy Surgical Technique of Radical Abdominal Hysterectomy Laparoscopic Radical Nerve-sparing Hysterectomy Radical Vaginal Hysterectomy Complications of Radical Surgery Section IV: Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy: Management of Early and Advanced Disease Radiation Therapy in Cancer Cervix: Principles and Techniques Concurrent Chemotherapy and Radiation for Carcinoma Cervix Interstitial Brachytherapyin Cancer Cervix Chemotherapy for Cervical Cancer: An Update Complications of Pelvic Radiotherapy in Gynecological Malignancies Postradiation Conservative Surgery Section V: Management of Recurrent and Metastatic Disease Pelvic Exenteration Role of Chemotherapy in Recurrent/Metastatic Cervical Cancer Section VI: Imaging Modalities for Cancer Cervix Role of Imaging Section VII: Special Case Scenarios Pregnancy and Cervical Neoplasia Management of Invasive Carcinoma Cervix after Inadvertent Hysterectomy Section VIII: Palliative Care Palliative and End of Life Care for Patients with Cervical Cancer Index