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The Cervix [Hardcover]

Jordan (Editor), Singer (Editor), Jones (Editor), Shafi (Editor)

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1405131373 978-1405131377 December 4, 2006 2
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

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Book Description

This is, quite simply, the bible of the cervix.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 up to October 2005, 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 the holistic approach- 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

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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 up to October 2005, 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 practitioners, 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

This edition has been radically transformed because of the discovery of the human papilloma virus and its crucial role in cervical cancer since the first edition was published. It also covers the very recent discovery of the vaccine against HPV. It contains a number of new chapters;


  1. Decidual ectopy of the uterine cervix
  2. Immunochemistry and immunology of the cervix
  3. Angiogenesis in cervical neoplasia
  4. Cytology of normal and neoplastic cervical epithelium
  5. Cytological screening for cervical neoplasia
  6. The management of multi-focal precancer of the lower genital tract
  7. Radiotherapy in the treatement of cervical cancer
  8. The management of cervical cancer by radiotherapy and chemotherapy
  9. Vaccines to prevent and treat HPV associated disease

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Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
original transformation zone, ectocervical position, columnar villi, colpophotograph showing, native columnar epithelium, visual inspection with acetic acid, original columnar epithelium, muscular contractile ability, causal relation between human papillomavirus, original squamocolumnar junction, original squamous epithelium, cold knife conisation, colposcopic studies, envelope irregularity, ous metaplasia, congenital transformation zone, mature metaplastic squamous epithelium, atypical endocervical cells, ectocervical component, mosaic epithelium, transabdominal cervical cerclage, vulvovaginal junction, lower genital tract precancer, same cervix, dyskaryotic cells
Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, British Medical, Human Reproduction, World Health Organization, Acta Obstetrica, Acta Cytologica, Churchill Livingstone, New Zealand, International Journal of Gynecological Pathology, South Africa, Gynecologica Scandinavica, Journal of Clinical Oncology, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Sub-Saharan Africa, Blackwell Publishing, South America, Annals of Internal Medicine, Costa Rica, Department of Health, Current Opinion, Gynecological Oncology, Journal of Immunology, Oxford University Press, Scientific Publications
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