DESCRIPTION:
Cancer and Pregnancy covers the clinical challenges to diagnosing and treating malignancies in the pregnant patient however, the book also shows how an understanding of the common features of both processes (rapid cell proliferation) may lead to novel anti-cancer treatment options. The book should be read by obstetricians and gynaecologists, clinical oncologists, reproduction specialists, and those involved in investigation of development, biology, toxicology, immunology, as well as cancer research.
CONTENTS:
Part I. Clinical Aspects:
1. Diagnosis and Management: The Epidemiology
2. Placental and Fetal Cancers
3. Breast Cancer
4. Gynecologic Malignancies
5. Hematologic Malignancies
6. Melanoma
7. Rare Tumors
8. Colorectal Cancer
9. Radiologic Diagnosis
10. Tumor Marker
11. Chemotherapy
12. Transplacental Carcinogenesis.
Part II. Comparative Aspects of Pregnancy Development and Tumor Biology:
13. Metabolism of Chemotherapeutic Drugs
14. Immunomodulatory Analogies
15. Human Chorionic Gonadotrophin and Luteinizing Hormone
16. Proliferation
17. Differentiation and Apoptosis
18. Angiogenesis
Epilogue: Cancer and Pregnancy - A reason for hope.
