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Previous Volume 339:1009 October 1, 1998 Number 14

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Edited by David M. Gershenson and William P. McGuire. 463 pp. New York, Churchill Livingstone, 1998. $75. ISBN 0-443-07804-1.

Of all the malignant conditions of the female genital system, ovarian cancer causes the most deaths. Unfortunately, little progress has been made in the fight against this cancer, although in the past few years the use of refined and more radical surgical techniques and adjuvant combination therapy have significantly improved survival. Response to initial therapy is the rule, but in the majority of patients progressive or recurrent disease develops after a rather short disease-free interval, usually one of only a few months.

There is a need for a book that furnishes physicians and scientists with new opportunities and refined strategies . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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