Obgyn Key

Palliative Care Lauren Cobb Teresa P. Díaz-Montes DEFINITIONS Palliative Care Palliative care is specialized medical care for people with serious illnesses. The main focus is to provide patients with relief…

Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy Sonia Dutta Amanda Nickles Fader Treatment of gynecologic cancer typically requires a multidisciplinary and multitreatment approach involving a combination of surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy. When…

Gestational Trophoblastic Disease Lauren Cobb Robert L. Giuntoli II Gestational trophoblastic disease (GTD) is a heterogeneous group of interrelated but distinct neoplasms derived from the trophoblastic cells of the placenta….

Cervical Cancer Amy H. Gueye Teresa P. Díaz-Montes Cervical cancer is the most common gynecologic malignancy in the world and the second most frequently diagnosed cancer in women worldwide after…

Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia Reinou S. Groen Cornelia Liu Trimble EPIDEMIOLOGY OF CERVICAL NEOPLASIA In the United States, cervical cancer is diagnosed in approximately 12,000 women annually and fatal for approximately…

Diseases of the Vulva and Vagina Amelia M. Jernigan Robert L. Giuntoli II Vulvar and vaginal disease should be understood by its presentation, etiology, location, and associated systemic and laboratory…

Menopause Chantel Washington Howard A. Zacur DEFINITIONS AND EPIDEMIOLOGY OF MENOPAUSE Menopause is the permanent cessation of menses, dated by the last menstrual period followed by 12 months of amenorrhea….

Female Sexual Response and Sexual Dysfunction Nina Resetkova Linda Rogers EPIDEMIOLOGY In the 1999 National Health and Social Life Survey, 1,410 men and 1,749 women aged 18 to 59 years…