Full Description
This volume provides a concise yet comprehensive overview of precancerous lesions and gynecologic tract cancers. Each section discusses the historic evolution of a precancerous lesion, its epidemiology, the nature of the published evidence that supports its characterization as a precancerous lesion, and gives a detailed description of morphologic, immunophenotypic and molecular properties, and patient outcomes. The volume also features 2 separate chapters on the clinical management of precancerous lesions of the gynecologic tract as a well as the cytopathology of cervical precancerous lesions.
Lavishly illustrated and written by some of the foremost experts in the field, Precancerous Lesions of the Gynecologic Tract: Diagnostic and Molecular Genetic Pathology is a definitive account of precancerous lesions of the gynecologic tract and is a valuable resource for pathologists, oncologists, and gynecologists.
Contents
Precursors of High Grade Serous Carcinoma.- Precursors of Low Grade Serous Adenocarcinoma of the Ovary: Pathology and Molecular Pathways.- Precancerous lesions of ovarian clear cell and endometrioid carcinomas.- Clinical Management of Selected Precancerous Lesions of the Uterus, Fallopian Tube, and Ovary.- Putative Precursor Lesions of Gestational Trophoblastic Neoplasia.- Putative precursors of Uterine Sarcomas.- Precancerous Lesions of Endometrioid Adenocarcinoma.- Precancerous lesions of endometrial serous carcinomas.- Vulvar Intrapithelial Neoplasia.- Vaginal Intraepithelial Neoplasia.- Cytology of Cervical Precancerous Lesions.- Precursors of Cervical Adenocarcinomas.- Precancerous lesions of squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix: squamous dysplasia.- Clinical Management of Selected Precancerous Lesionsin the Lower Genital Tract.
