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- Altchek’s Diagnosis and Management of Ovarian Disorders
- Altchek’s Diagnosis and Management of Ovarian Disorders
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Chapter 1 The normal human ovary part I: reproductive and endocrine functions
- Chapter 2 The normal human ovary part II: how steroid hormones work
- Chapter 3 Gonadal dysgenesis: ovarian function and reproductive health in Turner syndrome
- Chapter 4 Pathology of benign and malignant ovarian epithelial tumors
- Chapter 5 Ovarian tumors of borderline malignancy
- Chapter 6 Precursors of ovarian epithelial tumors
- Chapter 7 Peritoneal and tubal serous carcinoma
- Chapter 8 Pathology of ovarian germ cell tumors
- Chapter 9 Metastatic ovarian tumors
- Chapter 10 Genetic etiology of sporadic ovarian cancer
- Chapter 11 Chronic anovulation and the polycystic ovary syndrome
- Chapter 12 Endometriosis of the ovary
- Chapter 13 New advances and new horizons in assisted reproduction
- Chapter 14 Endometriosis and ovarian cancer
- Chapter 15 Laparoscopic surgery of the benign ovary and new laparoscopic developments
- Chapter 16 Ultrasound, MRI, CT, and PET imaging of ovarian cancer
- Chapter 17 Ovarian cysts and tumors of the fetus, child, adolescent, and young adult
- Chapter 18 Should the ovaries be removed during a hysterectomy?
- Chapter 19 The aging ovary
- Chapter 20 Menopause
- Chapter 21 Clues to ovarian tumors: new concepts of symptoms, signs, syndromes, and paraneoplastic syndromes
- Chapter 22 When is ovarian carcinoma discovered in stage I?
- Chapter 23 Early detection of ovarian cancer
- Chapter 24 Laparoscopic evaluation and management of adnexal masses and ovarian cancer
- Chapter 25 Ovarian cancer: the initial laparotomy
- Chapter 26 Chemotherapy of ovarian cancer
- Chapter 27 Intra-peritoneal chemotherapy
- Chapter 28 Malignant germ cell tumors and sex cord-stromal tumors in adults and children
- Chapter 29 Palliative care of ovarian cancer
- Index
Chapter 7 - Peritoneal and tubal serous carcinoma
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2013
- Altchek’s Diagnosis and Management of Ovarian Disorders
- Altchek’s Diagnosis and Management of Ovarian Disorders
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Chapter 1 The normal human ovary part I: reproductive and endocrine functions
- Chapter 2 The normal human ovary part II: how steroid hormones work
- Chapter 3 Gonadal dysgenesis: ovarian function and reproductive health in Turner syndrome
- Chapter 4 Pathology of benign and malignant ovarian epithelial tumors
- Chapter 5 Ovarian tumors of borderline malignancy
- Chapter 6 Precursors of ovarian epithelial tumors
- Chapter 7 Peritoneal and tubal serous carcinoma
- Chapter 8 Pathology of ovarian germ cell tumors
- Chapter 9 Metastatic ovarian tumors
- Chapter 10 Genetic etiology of sporadic ovarian cancer
- Chapter 11 Chronic anovulation and the polycystic ovary syndrome
- Chapter 12 Endometriosis of the ovary
- Chapter 13 New advances and new horizons in assisted reproduction
- Chapter 14 Endometriosis and ovarian cancer
- Chapter 15 Laparoscopic surgery of the benign ovary and new laparoscopic developments
- Chapter 16 Ultrasound, MRI, CT, and PET imaging of ovarian cancer
- Chapter 17 Ovarian cysts and tumors of the fetus, child, adolescent, and young adult
- Chapter 18 Should the ovaries be removed during a hysterectomy?
- Chapter 19 The aging ovary
- Chapter 20 Menopause
- Chapter 21 Clues to ovarian tumors: new concepts of symptoms, signs, syndromes, and paraneoplastic syndromes
- Chapter 22 When is ovarian carcinoma discovered in stage I?
- Chapter 23 Early detection of ovarian cancer
- Chapter 24 Laparoscopic evaluation and management of adnexal masses and ovarian cancer
- Chapter 25 Ovarian cancer: the initial laparotomy
- Chapter 26 Chemotherapy of ovarian cancer
- Chapter 27 Intra-peritoneal chemotherapy
- Chapter 28 Malignant germ cell tumors and sex cord-stromal tumors in adults and children
- Chapter 29 Palliative care of ovarian cancer
- Index
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- Altchek's Diagnosis and Management of Ovarian Disorders , pp. 111 - 120Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013