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Gynaecological Cancers and Nursing

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Nursing roles have been evolving to meet the demands of the ever-changing landscape of cancer care and improved survival. The treatment for gynaecological cancer varies depending on the type and stage of cancer. The treatment for gynaecological cancer may be a single approach or a multi-modality treatment with the options ranging from surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, hormonal and targeted therapies [1].

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  1. Department of Anaesthesiology, Dr. B. Borooah Cancer Institute (A Unit of Tata MemorialCentre, Mumbai), Guwahati, Assam, India

    Minoti Baruah

  2. Dr. B. Borooah Cancer Institute, Guwahati, Assam, India

    Anil K. Mathew

  3. Department of Gynaecologic Oncology, Dr. Bhubaneswar Borooah Cancer Institute (A Unit of Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai), Guwahati, Assam, India

    Amal Chandra Kataki & Debabrata Barmon

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  1. Department of Gynaecologic Oncology, Dr Bhubaneswar Borooah Cancer Institute (A unit of Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai), Guwahati, Assam, India

    Amal Chandra Kataki

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    Debabrata Barmon

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Baruah, M., Mathew, A.K., Kataki, A.C., Barmon, D. (2022). Gynaecological Cancers and Nursing. In: Kataki, A.C., Barmon, D. (eds) Fundamentals in Gynaecologic Malignancy. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-5860-1_29

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