Cancer Treatment and the Ovary: Clinical and Laboratory Analysis of Ovarian Toxicity - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0128015918 ISBN 13: 9780128015919

Publisher: Academic Press, 2015

Synopsis

Cancer Treatment and the Ovary: Clinical and Laboratory Analysis of Ovarian Toxicity provides the reader with a basic understanding on how the ovary is adversely impacted by cancer treatment, an essential foundational knowledge for this rapidly-developing field.

The book describes both the clinical and laboratory approaches to discovering the potentially adverse effects of cancer treatment on the ovary, also laying out possible preventative approaches and future directions for the field.

Clinicians working in the field of reproductive biology and oncology will find an essential reference that provides the necessary tools to assess the reproductive toxicological effects of cancer treatments.

About this title

Review:

Describes both the clinical and laboratory approaches to discovering the potentially adverse effects of cancer treatments on the ovary

About the Author:

Dr. Anderson's undergraduate training in medicine was punctuated by PhD in MRC Brain Metabolism Unit in neuroendocrinology with George Fink. He subsequently trained in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in Edinburgh, with interest in reproductive endocrinology fostered by WHO Research Fellow post in Hormonal Male Contraception. After completing subspecialty training in Reproductive Medicine as a lecturer with David Baird at the University of Edinburgh and a year in Sam Yen’s lab in San Diego he returned to the MRC Human Reproductive Sciences Unit in 1998 with a consultant post in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. Dr. Anderson was subsequently appointed to current post in the University in 2005. In recent years he has established a group investigating female reproductive lifespan, with laboratory and clinical aspects particularly related to the adverse effects of cancer treatment on fertility.

About this edition

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0128015918
• ISBN 13: 9780128015919
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 164
• Editor: Anderson Dr. Richard A, Spears Norah