At over 600 pages, with more than 400 illustrations and photographs
this text spans everything from embryology to the emotional trauma
women undergo when their cervix is removed at hysterectomy.
This is also the most up-to-date text in the field – The editors
have referenced work to 2006(and will continue to until the text
goes to press), whilst still including all the classic research
material and images where appropriate.
Essential for gynecologists, oncologists, basic scientists
especially those involved in HPV (viral)research, GPs, nurses,
colposcopy prctitioners, and sexual transmitted disease
doctors
* * The only definitive major clinical reference book published on
the cervix for thirty years
* Including the most up-to-date research on HPV including
up-to-date vaccine trial data
* Highly illustrated in colour including many surgical
procedures
* Spanning the entire field from embryology to cancer to
emotional trauma
* International editorship, with leading names in the field
* Cervical cancer is the second biggest cause of female cancer
mortality worldwide and therefore relevant to the developing and
developed world
* Specific chapters related to management of cervical cancer in
the developing world
* Summaries of recommendations by international bodies including
the IARC conference (Lyon 2004), dealing with cervical cancer
diagnosis and treatment
* The Editors, Jordan and Singer, are the co-founders of the
British Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology
About the author
Professor Albert Singer, Department of Women’s and Child
Health, Whittington Hospital, London
Mr Joe Jordan, Birmingham Women’s Hospital,
Birmingham