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<p>List of Contributors vi</p> <p>Preface viii</p> <p><b>Part 1 General Principles 1</b></p> <p>1 Molecular Targets in Gynecologic Cancers 3<br /> <i>Whitfield Growdon, Rosemary Foster, and Bo Rueda</i></p> <p>2 Imaging of Rare Gynecologic Tumors 18<br /> <i>Hima B. Prabhakar and Dinushi S. Perera</i></p> <p>3 Pathology Overview of Rare Gynecologic Tumors 35<b><br /> </b><i>Robert H. Young</i></p> <p><b>Part 2 Rare Ovarian Cancers 51</b></p> <p>4 Ovarian Clear Cell Carcinoma 53<br /> <i>Rachel M. Clark and John O. Schorge</i></p> <p>5 Mucinous Epithelial Ovarian Cancer 64<br /> <i>Marcela G. del Carmen</i></p> <p>6 Pseudomyxoma Peritonei 70<br /> <i>Leslie S. Bradford and Annekathryn Goodman</i></p> <p>7 Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Ovary 81<br /> <i>Ryan J. Spencer and Laurel W. Rice</i></p> <p>8 Endometriosis-Associated Ovarian Cancer 94<br /> <i>Leslie A. Garrett and Marcela G. del Carmen</i></p> <p>9 Carcinosarcoma of the Ovary 109<br /> <i>J. Alejandro Rauh-Hain and Marcela G. del Carmen</i></p> <p>10 Malignant Germ Cell Tumors of the Ovary 120<br /> <i>Marcela G. del Carmen</i></p> <p>11 Malignant Sex Cord-Stromal Tumors of the Ovary 132<br /> <i>Marcela G. del Carmen and Richard T. Penson</i></p> <p>12 Small Cell and Neuroendocrine Cancers of the Ovary 139<br /> <i>Ariel A. Kaphan and Cesar M. Castro</i></p> <p>13 Carcinoid Tumors of the Ovary 148<br /> <i>Michael J. Worley Jr., and Michael G. Muto</i></p> <p><b>Part 3 Rare Uterine Cancers 157</b></p> <p>14 Uterine Carcinosarcoma 159<br /> <i>Premal H. Thaker and Don S. Dizon</i></p> <p>15 Uterine Leiomyosarcoma 167<br /> <i>Marcela G. del Carmen</i></p> <p>16 Mucinous Tumors of the Uterine Corpus 178<br /> <i>Rachel M. Clark and Marcela G. del Carmen</i></p> <p>17 Uterine Clear Cell Carcinoma 186<br /> <i>J. Alejandro Rauh-Hain, Alexander B. Olawaiye, and David M. Boruta</i></p> <p>18 Updates on the Management of Uterine Serous Carcinoma 195<br /> <i>Amanda Ramos and Amanda Nickles Fader</i></p> <p>19 Endometrial Stromal Sarcomas 205<br /> <i>Kathleen M. Schmeler, J. Alejandro Rauh-Hain, and Marcela G. del Carmen</i></p> <p><b>Part 4 Rare Cancers of the Cervix, Vulva and Vagina 217</b></p> <p>20 Small Cell Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of the Cervix 219<br /> <i>Olivia W. Foley, Leslie S. Bradford, and Marcela G. del Carmen</i></p> <p>21 Primary Malignant Melanoma of the Vagina and Vulva 228<br /> <i>Alexander B. Olawaiye</i></p> <p>22 Sarcomas of the Vulva and Vagina 236<br /> <i>Rachel M. Clark, J. Alejandro Rauh-Hain, and Marcela G. del Carmen</i></p> <p>23 Gestational Trophoblastic Disease 245<b><br /> </b><i>Whitfield Growdon</i></p> <p>Index 260</p>

<p><strong>John O. Schorge</strong>, MD, Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Harvard Medical School, Boston and Chief, Gynecologic Oncology, OB/GYN, Massachusetts General Hospital. <p><strong>Robert H Young</strong>, MD, Robert E. Scully Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston. <p><strong>Michael J Birrer</strong>, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School. <p><strong>Marcela del Carmen</strong>, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School and Associate Professor, Gynecologic Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital.

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