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Gynaecological Malignancies: Epidemiology, Clinical Presentation, Diagnosis, Staging and Staging Procedures

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This chapter covers the epidemiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis and staging procedures for cervical, endometrial and ovarian cancers.

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  1. Department of Gynaecology Oncology, Division Women and Children’s Health, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK

    Jane Borley PhD, MRCOG

  2. Department of Gynaecology Oncology, Division Women and Children’s Health, Imperial College London, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK

    Sadaf Ghaem-Maghami PhD, MRCOG

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  1. Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom

    Tara Barwick

  2. Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom

    Andrea Rockall

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Borley, J., Ghaem-Maghami, S. (2016). Gynaecological Malignancies: Epidemiology, Clinical Presentation, Diagnosis, Staging and Staging Procedures. In: Barwick, T., Rockall, A. (eds) PET/CT in Gynecological Cancers. Clinicians’ Guides to Radionuclide Hybrid Imaging(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29249-6_1

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