Overview

Cervical cancer is a malignancy of the cervix. World-wide, it is the second most common cancer of women. It may 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 utilising the Pap smear. Most scientific studies point to human papillomavirus (HPV) infection which is 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 excision) in early stages and chemotherapy and radiotherapy in advanced stages of the disease. This book presents cutting edge research in this study of cervical cancer. This involves, new perspectives in pharmacological treatments, anti-hormonal agents, therapeutic trends for patients, nerve sparing treatments, antibodies in single chain formats, predictors of radiation response, lymphatic mapping and docetaxel labelling with radionuclides.

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Author:   Hector T Varaj
Publisher:   Nova Science Publishers Inc
Imprint:   Nova Science Publishers Inc
Weight:   0.660kg
ISBN:  

9781600212994

ISBN 10:   1600212999
Pages:   221
Publication Date:   09 August 2007
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

Preface; Cervical Cancer Research: A Current and Comprehensive Update; New Perspectives in the Pharmacological Treatment of Cervical Cancer: Experimental and Clinical; Antihormonal Agents in the Citotoxicity Increase of Anticancer Drugs in Cervical Cancer; Novel Gentle Therapeutic Trends for Patients of Uterine Cervical Cancer; Nerve Sparing Radical Hysterectomy for the Treatment of Cervical Cancer: New Research on Surgical Techniques; Antibodies in Single-Chain Format Against the E7 Oncoprotein: Towards Gene-Therapy of the HPV-Associated Cervical Cancer?; Predictors of Radiation Response in Cervix Cancer; Lymphatic Mapping and Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Early-Stage Cervical Cancer; Docetaxel Labelled with Radionuclide Shows High Efficiency Against Cervical Cancer Cell Lines; Index.

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