Table of Contents:

Part I:  Basic Principles of Chemotherapy

Chapter 1.     Antineoplastic Agents:  Classification and Mechanisms of Action

Chapter 2.     Mechanisms of Chemosensitivity and Resistance

Chapter 3.     In Vitro Testing for Drug Sensitivity/Resistance

Chapter 4.     Basic Principles of Dose Intensity and High-Dose Chemotherapy

Chapter 5.     Immunotherapy in Gynecologic Malignancies

Chapter 6.     Gene Therapy of Ovarian Cancer

Chapter 7.     Basic Concepts of Chemotherapy Sequence and Combinations

Chapter 8.     Pharmacoeconomic Applications in Gynecologic Oncology

Part II:  Clinical Aspects of Chemotherapy

Chapter 9.     Guidelines to Writing a Clinical Protocol

Chapter 10.   Evaluation of Gynecologic Tumor Response:  When and How?

Chapter 11.   Practical Guide on How to Deliver Chemotherapy

Chapter 12.   Evaluation of the Patient for Chemotherapy

Chapter 13.   Chemotherapy in Pregnancy

Chapter 14.   Supportive Treatment in Gynecologic Malignancies

Chapter 15.   Hormone Replacement Therapy in Gynecologic Cancer Patients and Survivors

Chapter 16.   Infections in Patients with Gynecological Malignancies:  Prevention and Management

Chapter 17.   Pharmacologic Pain Management in Gynecologic Oncology

Chapter 18.   Blood Transfusion During Chemotherapy:  Risks and Benefits

Chapter 19.   Role of Tumor Markers in Gynecologic Oncology

Chapter 20.   Role of Chemoprotectors During Chemotherapy for Gynecologic Neoplasms

Chapter 21.   Chemoprevention in Gynecological Oncology

Chapter 22.   Role of Psychological Support During Chemotherapy

Chapter 23.   Quality of Life During Chemotherapy:  Recent Results, and Methodological Challenges of Conducting Quality-of-Life Studies with Gynecological Cancer Patients

Part III:  Ovarian Cancer

Chapter 24.   Ovarian Cancer

Chapter 25.   Management of Early Epithelial Ovarian Cancer

Chapter 26.   Chemotherapy for Advanced Primary Epithelial Ovarian Cancer:  Neoadjuvant and Adjuvant

Chapter 27.   Persistent and Recurrent Ovarian Cancer

Chapter 28.   Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy:  Basic Concepts and Clinical Trials

Chapter 29.   Cheomotherapy for Germ Cell Tumors

Chapter 30.   Chemotherapy for Sex Cord-Stromal Tumors

Chapter 31.   Ovarian Cancer:  Rationale and Strategies Beyond First-Line Treatment

Part IV:  Fallopian Tubes

Chapter 32.   Fallopian Tube Cancer

Chapter 33.   Chemotherapy of Fallopian Tube Cancer

Part V:  Corpus

Chapter 34.   Endometrial Cancer

Chapter 35.   Medical Therapy for Endometrial Hyperplasia and Early Endometrial Cancer in Patients Desiring Future Childbearing

Chapter 36.   Uterine Carcinomas:  Chemotherapy for Primary and Recurrent Tumors

Chapter 37.   Chemotherapy in Uterine Mesenchymal Tumors

Part VI:  Cervix

Chapter 38.   Cervical Cancer

Chapter 39.   Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Cervical Cancer

Chapter 40.   Chemoradiation Therapy for Cervical Cancer

Chapter 41.   Chemotherapy for Recurrent and Advanced Cervical Cancer

Part VII:  Vulva and Vagina

Chapter 42.   Vulvar Cancer

Chapter 43.   Chemotherapy in Vulvar Cancer

Chapter 44.   Vaginal Cancer

Chapter 45.   Vaginal Cancer Chemotherapy

Part VIII:  Gestational Trophoblastic Disease

Chapter 46.   Management of Hydatidiform Mole

Chapter 47.   Trophoblastic Disease

Part IX:  Rare Tumors

Chapter 48.   Rare Tumor:  Melanoma-Lymphoma-Sarcoma