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Endometrial Cancer
. Ed(S): Surwit, Earl A.; Alberts, David
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Description for Endometrial Cancer
Paperback. Editor(s): Surwit, Earl A.; Alberts, David. Series: Cancer Treatment and Research. Num Pages: 160 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MJCL; MJT; MNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 8. Weight in Grams: 242.
The incidence of endometrial cancer rose sharply in the United States in the early 1970s, paralleling changes in the use of postmenopausal estrogens by American women. A sizeable body of evidence supports the role of both excessive endogenous estrogen and exogenous estrogen in the etiology of endometrial cancer. There is growing evidence that inadequate progesterone has the opposite effect, in that progesterone supplementation of postmeno pausal estrogen therapy reduces the incidence of endometrial cancer. Despite this new awareness of the hormonal role that is played in carcino ma of the endometrium, the disease still plagues the oncologist. The general approach ... Read more
The incidence of endometrial cancer rose sharply in the United States in the early 1970s, paralleling changes in the use of postmenopausal estrogens by American women. A sizeable body of evidence supports the role of both excessive endogenous estrogen and exogenous estrogen in the etiology of endometrial cancer. There is growing evidence that inadequate progesterone has the opposite effect, in that progesterone supplementation of postmeno pausal estrogen therapy reduces the incidence of endometrial cancer. Despite this new awareness of the hormonal role that is played in carcino ma of the endometrium, the disease still plagues the oncologist. The general approach ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Series
Cancer Treatment and Research
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461282105
SKU
V9781461282105
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99-15
Reviews for Endometrial Cancer
`I recommend this book to physicians, especially gynaecologic and medical oncologists who would like to have a comprehensive summary of new aspects in the management of endometrial cancer.' M. Kaufmann, Annals of Oncology, 1990