A practical guide to evaluation and treatment strategies for patients with preinvasive and invasive malignancies of the female genital tract. Chapters are in sections on general principles, disease sites, medical and surgical topics, and quality of life. This third edition incorporates recent information while retaining the basic format and style of previous editions. There are new chapters on biology and genetics, tumor markers and screening, pathology, laparoscopy, and communication skills. For fellows in postgraduate training in gynecologic oncology, as well as gynecology residents and physicians in allied fields. Berek teaches gynecologic oncology at the University of California-Los Angeles School of Medicine. He is also director of the UCLA Women's Reproductive Cancer Program. Hacker is associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of New South Wales, Australia, and director of the Gynecologic Cancer Center at the Royal Hospital for Women, Australia. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
