Chi_Principles and Practice of Gynecologic Oncology 8e

Preface

T he publication in 2017 of the seventh edition of Principles and Practice of Gynecologic Oncology marked the 25th an niversary of the creation of this textbook. The founding ed itors, William J. Hoskins, Carlos A. Perez, and Robert C. Young, represented the disciplines of Gynecologic Oncology, Radiation Oncology, and Medical Oncology. They created the first multidisci plinary textbook in the field and, in their words, “strove to produce a definitive reference written at the expert level.” The focus on mul tidisciplinary approaches to treatment and a detailed presentation of the literature on which clinical care is based continue to be a guiding principle. The second set of editors, Richard R. Barakat, Maurie Markman, Marcus Randall, and for two editions Andrew Berchuck, also rep resented Gynecologic, Medical, and Radiation Oncology. Over the course of several editions, they incorporated new chapters that re flected dramatic progress in the understanding and treatment of women’s cancers. Simultaneously, advances in technology facilitat ed the use of full color throughout the book as well as increasing ly user-friendly online versions that allow access to cutting-edge information at the point of care. As the editors of Principles and Practice of Gynecologic Oncology , we owe a debt of gratitude to our predecessors. We are proud to con tinue their tradition of bringing together multidisciplinary expertise that also includes Pathology, Radiology, and Basic/Translational Sci ence colleagues. Given the pace of discovery and change within the field, we strove to ensure that this new edition reflects the many ad vances in the field. To this end, this edition includes updates on the numerous advances in molecular, immunologic, and targeted thera pies. With an overwhelming amount of information on gynecologic cancers available on the internet combined with limited time to read, study, and digest all the new studies and approaches, we worked to reorganize the book to make it more reader-friendly and focused on

disease sites. Rather than having the sections of the book devoted to general oncologic principles and then one section dedicated specifi cally to a dozen or so disease sites, in this eighth edition each disease site is its own section. The sections are divided into separate chapters specific to the disease site such as surgery for cervical cancer, treat ment of persistent and recurrent endometrial cancer, and new ther apeutics for ovarian cancer. We hope these changes will decrease redundancy, focus the key aspects of each disease site, and provide the reader with a more expeditious reference source. We have given considerable thought to the issue of how best to maintain the relevance of the book between printed editions in an era of instant access to new information on the internet. Solutions include smartphone access to the content of the textbook with en hanced search capabilities, as well as more frequent online updates as new studies are reported. We also now include online access to a comprehensive library of surgical videos to ensure that surgical techniques are not only read but also visualized. The planning and organization of this eighth edition began just before the lockdowns of the COVID pandemic. With fear and uncertainty about global, national, and personal health, our con tributors persevered in taking care of patients, their families, and their communities. We are so thankful for their dedication and thoroughness. They volunteered their downtime to help us revamp this eighth edition and now, with the COVID pandemic hopefully behind us, we can all focus on our shared passion to cure and erad icate gynecologic cancers worldwide.

Dennis S. Chi, MD, FACOG, FACS Don S. Dizon, MD, FACP, FASCO Catheryn Yashar, MD, FACRO, FACR, FABS, FASTRO Dineo Khabele, MD, FACOG, FACS

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