Uterine Cancer Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment
There are an estimated 41,000 new cases of Uterine and Endometrial Cancer each year in the United States alone, resulting in roughly 7300 deaths. In Uterine Cancer: Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment, Franco Muggia, Esther Oliva and a panel of prominent m
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Current Clinical Oncology Maurie Markman, MD, SERIES EDITOR
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Uterine Cancer Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment
Edited by
Franco Muggia, md New York University, School of Medicine, Division Medical Oncology, New York, NY
Esther Oliva, md Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Pathology, Boston, MA
Editors Franco Muggia New York University School of Medicine Division Medical Oncology 550 First Avenue, BCD 556 New York, NY 10016 USA [email protected]
Esther Oliva Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Pathology 55 Fruit St. Boston, MA 02114 USA [email protected]
ISBN 978-1-58829-736-5 e-ISBN 978-1-60327-044-1 DOI 10.1007/978-1-60327-044-1 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2008939889 © Humana Press, a part of Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2009 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Humana Press, c/o Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of going to press, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
For the Editors, the task of writing a Preface is most satisfying. It represents the completion of the book and a moment of reflection on whether the whole is more than the sum of all the parts. And also, one must reflect on how this book is likely to be utilized in this era of rapid communications. The Editors first met in May 2003 at a stimulating Italian symposium on endometrial cancer (organizers Drs. Luigi Frigerio, Roberto Grassi and Andrea Lissoni, with participation of the deans of Italian Gynecologic Oncology, Ugo Bianchi and Constantino Mangioni) that took place at Bergamo and Caravaggio. The impressive gains in biology and clinical trials were further discussed by the two editors and others that are co-authors in this venture on this side of the Atlantic at a 2004 Educational Session at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). The pace of progress in various aspects of management of uterine cancer was notewor
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