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1 online resource (xix, 149 pages) : color illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Oxford oncology library
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Oxford oncology library.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Contents |
Preface; Contributors; Abbreviations; Glossary; Part 1-Prevention and current treatment; 1 The UK cervical screening programme; 2 Management of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN); Part 2-HPV and disease; 3 Role of HPV in cervical carcinogenesis; 4 HPV and genital cancer: the essential epidemiology; 5 The role of HPV testing in cervical screening; Part 3-Immune control of HPV infection in cervical neoplasia; 6 Natural immune control of HPV infection; 7 Prophylactic HPV vaccines: pre-clinical and proof of principle studies; 8 Prophylactic HPV vaccination: current status. |
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9 Introduction of HPV prophylactic vaccinationPart 4-Challenges and future developments; 10 HPV vaccination in the developing world; 11 Screening post vaccination; 12 Second-generation HPV prophylactic vaccines; 13 Therapeutic HPV vaccines; 14 Conclusion; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y. |
| Summary |
Cervical cancer is the second most common form of cancer found in women and it is responsible for more than a quarter of a million deaths worldwide each year. With approximately 70% of cervical cancers now known to be caused by two types of the human papilloma virus (HPV), there is great interest surrounding the approval of the first preventative vaccines for clinical use. Despite this excitement, many questions remain about how the new vaccines should best be implemented and howcervical cancer screening will change following vaccination. Part of the Oxford Oncology Library series, this practic. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Cervix uteri -- Cancer -- Prevention.
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Cervix uteri -- Cancer -- Prevention. |
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Cancer vaccines.
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Cancer vaccines. |
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Uterine Cervical Neoplasms -- prevention & control. |
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Papillomavirus Vaccines. |
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Cancer Vaccines. |
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Electronic books.
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Stern, Peter L.
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Kitchener, Henry C.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Vaccines for the prevention of cervical cancer. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008 9780199543458 (DLC) 2009417494 (OCoLC)271769205 |
| ISBN |
9780191575457 (electronic book) |
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0191575453 (electronic book) |
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9780199543458 |
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0199543453 |
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