World Health Organization: Tumours of the Breast and Female Genital Organs (Who IARC Classification of Tumours) (Who...

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 432 pages
• Published by: IARCPress-WHO
• Edition: 1st Edition October 1, 2003
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 9283224124
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-9283224129
• Book Dimensions: 10.3 x 8.3 x 0.9 inches
• Weighs: 2.8 pounds

Product Description
This WHO classification covers the female and male breast, ovaries, fallopian tumours, uterine cervix, uterine corpus, vulva, vagina and inherited tumour syndromes. It includes a comprehensive classification of benign and malignant neoplasms. Targeted readership includes pathologists, gynaecologists, surgeons, oncologists, and basic scientists. Similar to the previous volumes of the series, the book includes numerous colour photographs, magnetic resonance images, CT scans and charts. In addition to its pathology and genetics, each lesion is described with its epidemiology, etiology, clinical features, as well as prognosis and predictive factors.

About The Author
Fattaneh Tavassoli, Gynaecologic and Breast Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington DC, USA. Peter Deville, Department of Human and Clinical Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands.

Reader Reviews
World Health Organization: Tumours of the Breast and Female Genital Organs (edited by Fattaneh A. Tavassoli and Peter Devilee) is the 4th in the Pathology and Genetics of Tumours series from the WHO. With an impressive set of multidisciplinary contributors from several continents, this book improves on previous books from that organization by representing a reasonable attempt towards consensus in their presentation of the various topics. The main strength of this book, as with others in the series, is that they are concise and emphasize the most salient points in each topic. While it is not meant to be an encyclopedic account of the various tumors, essential definitions, clinical findings, morphologic points, immunophenotypic variations and molecular and/or cytogenetic pathogenesis are well presented. This book does not resolve some of the more controversial issues in these fields (such as the prognostic significance of micropapillary patterns in ovarian serous borderline tumors or terminologic issues in intraductal breast proliferations), but at least provides another framework for further discussion. The illustrations are excellent and the text is well-supplemented with tables. Overall, I would recommend this book to trainees and practitioners alike