Overview

Cervical cancer is a malignancy of the cervix. World-wide, it is the second most common cancer of women. It may be present with vaginal bleeding but symptoms may be absent until the cancer is in advanced stages, which has made cervical cancer the focus of intense screening efforts. Most scientific studies point to human papillomavirus (HPV) infection responsible for 90% of the cases of cervical cancer. There are 7 most common types of HPV - 16, 18, 31, 33, 42, 52 and 58. Types 16 and 18 being the most common cause of the cancer. Treatment is with surgery (including local exicision) in early stages and chemotherapy and radiotherapy in advanced stages of the disease. This book presents cutting edge research in this field. This involves, programs for cancer screening, alternative approaches to cervical cancer prevention, HPV/Co-Infections and Host Genetic Profiles, Small Cell Carcinoma of the Uterine Cervix, Indicators of HPV-induced carcinogenesis, functional genomics as a tool for understanding cervical cancer, histone deacetylase inhibitors, Chinese women and cervical cancer and cervical cancer in Northeastern Thailand.

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Author:   George Z Rolland
Publisher:   Nova Science Publishers Inc
Imprint:   Nova Science Publishers Inc
Weight:   0.702kg
ISBN:  

9781600213007

ISBN 10:   1600213006
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   01 December 2006
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

Preface; Using Intervention Mapping in Program Development to Promote Cancer Screening; A Hospital-Based Community Outreach Program to Promote Cervical Cancer Screening Among Chinese Women -- From Needs Assessment, Intervention Development to Program Evaluation; Alternative Approaches to Cervical Cancer Prevention: Risk-Adapted Multimodal Laboratory Cervical Screening; Underlying Cervical Cancer Portray: From HPV/Co-Infections and Host Genetic Profiles to Gene Expression Signatures; Small Cell Carcinoma of the Uterine Cervix: A Sibling of Small Cell Lung Carcinoma?; The Protein p16INK4a as a Reliable Indicator of the HPV-Induced Carcinogenesis; Structural and Functional Genomics as a Tool for the Understanding of the Molecular Basis of Uterine Cervical Cancer: Oncogenomics; Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors Induce Growth Inhibition, Cell Cycle Arrest and Apoptosis in Human Cervical Cancer Cells; Chinese Women and Cervical Cancer; Cervical Cancer in Northeastern Thailand; Index.

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