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A woman's disease : the history of cervical cancer /

Cervical cancer is an emotive disease with multiple connotations. It has stood for the horror of cancer, the curse of femininity, the hope of cutting-edge medical technologies and the promise of screening for malignant tumours. For a long time, this disease was identified with the most dreaded aspec...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Löwy, Ilana, 1948-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Prologue: Three Patients
  • 1. The Early History of Tumours of the Womb
  • 2. Surgical Cures for a Cancerous Uterus
  • 3. The Hope of Rays
  • 4. The Pap Smear
  • 5. Save the Women
  • 6. Cervical Cancer Becomes a Sexually Transmitted Disease
  • 7. Still a Woman's Scourge
  • Epilogue: Ceryical Cancer in the Twenty-First Century
  • Glossary
  • Notes
  • Further Reading
  • Index.