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• Baltimore City Cancer Program
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• Cervical Cancer Prevention
• Cervical Cancer Screening
• Cervical Cancer Treatment
• Endometrial Cancer Prevention
• Endometrial Cancer Screening
• Endometrial Cancer Treatment
• Gestational Trophoblastic Tumors Treatment
• Ovarian Cancer Prevention
• Ovarian Cancer Screening
• Ovarian Epithelial Cancer Treatment
• Ovarian Germ Cell Tumors Treatment
• Ovarian Low Malignant Potential Tumors Treatment
• Uterine Sarcoma Treatment
• Vaginal Cancer Treatment
• Vulvar Cancer Treatment

Gynecologic Oncology

Patient and Family Education

The Greenebaum Cancer Center offers the following resources to help patients and their families cope with gynecologic oncology-related issues:

Cancer Overviews:

• Cervical Cancer
• Endometrial Cancer
• Gestational Trophoblastic
• Ovarian Cancer
• Uterine Sarcoma
• Vulvar Cancer

Videos:

• UMMC Physician Profile: Sarah Temkin, M.D. (10 mins)
• UMMC Physician Profile: Gautam Rao, M.D. (2 mins)

Medical Encyclopedia Articles:

• Cervical Cancer
• Ovarian Cancer

Useful Links
A list of outside websites with information about gynecologic cancer.

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General Cancer Information

We also offer the following resources that provide more general information on dealing with cancer diagnosis and treatment.

Audio/Videos on Cancer
Interviews with our cancer experts and cancer survivors.

Patient Handbook (PDF)
What you need to know when coming to UMGCC for cancer care.

Dealing with Symptoms and Side Effects of Treatment

Clinical Trials for Cancer
Everything you need to know about taking part in a clinical trial for cancer.

Patient Drug Information

Select... Carboplatic Carboplatin Paclitaxel Bevacizumab Gemcitabine Premetrexed Tarceva Ixabepilone Cisplatin Etoposide Hycamtin Doxorubicin Docetaxel Cytoxan 5fu Camptosar Liposomal Doxorubicin Leucovorin Rituximab Bortezimib Vincristine Revlimid Thalidomide Xeloda

(Source: UptoDate electronic information resource for clinicians and patients)

Patient-Friendly Oncology Web Sites

Dictionary of Cancer Terms

This page was last updated on: January 31, 2012.

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