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Ovarian Cancer - A Clinical and Translational Update | InTechOpen

 Medicine » Obstetrics and Gynecology

ISBN 978-953-51-1030-9, Hard cover, 371 pages, Publisher: InTech, Published: February 27, 2013 under CC BY 3.0 license
DOI: 10.5772/56234 

"Ovarian Cancer: A Clinical and Translational Update" embraces the most recent advances in diagnosis and treatment of ovarian cancer. With the valuable collaboration of international experts in the field, this book is intended to provide the readership with a comprehensive update in the subject of epithelial ovarian cancer.

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• Chapter 1  In what Setting Should Women with Ovarian Cancer Receive Care?by Laurie Elit and Clare Reade
• Chapter 2  Quality of Life in Ovarian Cancer Treatment and Survivorshipby Vânia Gonçalves
• Chapter 3  Preventive Strategies for Ovarian Cancerby L. Cortesi, A. Toss and E. De Matteis
• Chapter 4  Borderline Epithelial Tumors of the Ovaryby Gennaro Cormio, Vera Loizzi, Maddalena Falagario, Doriana Scardigno, Luigi E. Selvaggi and Donatella Latorre
• Chapter 5  Implication of Clear Cell and Mucinous Histologyby Jun Naniwa, Hiroaki Itamochi and Junzo Kigawa
• Chapter 6  Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Mucinous Epithelial Ovarian Cancer, and Survival Following a Mucinous Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Diagnosisby Sherri L. Stewart, Jennifer M. Wike, Trevor D. Thompson, Rosemary D. Cress, Amy R. Kahn, Cynthia D. O’Malley and Maria J. Schymura
• Chapter 7  The Genetics of Ovarian Cancerby Constantine Gennatas
• Chapter 8  Surgical Treatment of Ovarian Cancerby Lucas Minig, M. Guadalupe Patrono, Rafael Alvarez Gallego, Javier Valero de Bernabé and Ivan Diaz-Padilla
• Chapter 9  The Role of Chemotherapy in Recurrent Ovarian Cancerby Miguel Angel Alonso Bermejo, Ana Fernandez Montes, Eva Perez Lopez, Miguel Angel Nuñez Viejo, Jesus Garcia Gomez and Jesus Garcia Mata
• Chapter 10  Molecular Mechanisms of Platinum Resistance in Ovarian Cancerby Gonzalo Tapia and Ivan Diaz-Padilla
• Chapter 11  Biological Significance of Apoptosis in Ovarian Cancer: TRAIL Therapeutic Targetingby Nadzeya Goncharenko-Khaider, Denis Lane, Isabelle Matte, Claudine Rancourt and Alain Piche
• Chapter 12  Protein Kinase G-Iα Hyperactivation and VASP Phosphorylation in Promoting Ovarian Cancer Cell Migration and Platinum Resistanceby Janica C. Wong and Ronald R. Fiscus
• Chapter 13  The PI3K/Akt/mTOR Pathway in Ovarian Cancer: Biological Rationale and Therapeutic Opportunitiesby Alexandra Leary, Edouard Auclin, Patricia Pautier and Catherine Lhomme
• Chapter 14  PARP Inhibitors in Ovarian Cancerby Jeanine Staples and Annekathryn Goodman
• Chapter 15  The Merit of Alternative Messenger RNA Splicing as a New Mine for the Next Generation Ovarian Cancer Biomarkersby Jean-Philippe Brosseau and Sherif Abou-Elela
• Chapter 16  Ovarian Cancer in vitro Diagnostics: New Approaches to Earlier Detectionby Jorge Tapia, Mercedes de Alvarado, Benjamín Bustos, Vania Lukoviek and Gregory E. Rice
• Chapter 17  Disseminated Tumor Cells and Cancer Stem Cells in Ovarian Cancerby Malgorzata Banys, Natalia Krawczyk, Andreas D. Hartkopf and Tanja Fehm