Each year, about 22,000 women will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer, and more than 14,000 women will die from it. This essential guidebook provides information on Ovarian Cancer, but also serves as a historical survey, by providing information on the controversies surrounding its causes, and first-person narratives by people coping with Ovarian Cancer. Readers will learn from the words of patients, family members, or caregivers. The symptoms, causes, treatments, and potential cures are explained in detail. Alternative treatments are also covered. Student researchers and readers will find this book easily accessible through its careful and conscientious editing and a thorough introduction to each essay. Includes charts, graphs, and tables.

Dr. Joseph Ciabattoni, Ph.D., M.D., helps people gain greater control of their healthcare as he launches his practical guidebook, Doctor C’s Medical Guide. Dr. C provides laypeople with everything they need to know about common diseases. In his detailed guidebook, Dr. C discusses common everyday medical problems and the various methods of prevention and treatment. He takes technical medical knowledge and breaks it down into more understandable layman’s terms. The book provides additional useful information, including appropriate use of over-the-counter medications, first aid procedures, and proper techniques for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and the Heimlich maneuver. Also included are an extensive glossary of medical terms and instructions on reading nutrition labels and prescriptions. While not intended to substitute the expertise of a qualified primary care provider or specialist, Doctor C’s Medical Guide will help improve the layman’s basic understanding of medical problems and enable the person to ask their doctor appropriate questions. Readers will find Doctor C’s Medical Guide a valuable and indispensable addition to every home and family library.

This new edition features updated information on all aspects of the diagnosis and management of ovarian cancer. Embracing knowledge from around the world, this multidisciplinary book discusses current approaches to ovarian cancer that have helped stabilize the rate of both incidences and fatality for the disease. The chapters focus on genetic screening and advances in management, including the optimization of chemotherapeutic agents, gene therapy, and the latest laparoscopic and robotic surgical techniques. Further chapters address psychosocial and quality-of-life issues as well. The book is a must-have resource for wide range of practitioners who care for patients with ovarian cancer and researchers who study the disease.

This book is a comprehensive guide to transvaginal sonography for practitioners. Divided into five sections, the text begins with discussion on general aspects of ultrasonography and transvaginal scanning. The following sections cover the use of ultrasonography in a variety if gynaecological and obstetrical circumstances. The final sections cover Doppler sonography and 3D and 4D transvaginal sonography. The third edition has been fully revised to provide clinicians with the latest advances in their field. Authored by an internationally recognised team of experts led by Zagreb-based Asim Kurjak and Madrid-based José Bajo Arenas, the text is further enhanced by nearly 700 ultrasound images, photographs, diagrams and tables. Key points Fully revised, third edition presenting latest advances in transvaginal sonography Highly illustrated with nearly 700 ultrasound images, photographs, diagrams and tables Internationally recognised editor and author team Previous edition (9789350904732) published in 2013

Now in its seventh edition, this highly-regarded book is designed as an introductory and reference text on the principles of diagnosis, staging, and treatment of tumors. As for the last 6 editions of the book, the aim and scope of the new edition are once again to provide a thorough yet reasonably brief account of the whole field of oncology, focusing on the latest principles of cancer management. The book is already well established, having been first published in 1986 and in continuous print since then. The authors are rightfully proud of their strong legacy of providing carefully revised new editions of this standard and well-received cancer text for audiences in the UK and abroad. Oncology is a very rapidly changing speciality, with many new treatments and even treatment modalities coming on stream with bewildering speed. Besides a thorough general updating of the text, figures, and tables, the new seventh edition adds a new chapter on Molecular Targeted Therapy, making the book 30 chapters in total. This accessible and practical resource is invaluable to trainees and specialists alike in oncology, palliative care and general medicine, as well as specialist nurses, general practitioners, medical students, and professions allied to medicine.