Vaccines for the Prevention of Cervical Cancer.
Title:
Vaccines for the Prevention of Cervical Cancer.
Author:
Stern, Peter L.
ISBN:
9780191575457
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (170 pages)
Series:
Oxford Oncology Library
Contents:
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 -- 9 Introduction of HPV prophylactic vaccination -- Part 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.
Abstract:
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 practical pocketbook provides an overview of the role of HPV in the pathology of cervical cancer and its current screening and management, the principles of immune control of HPV infection in cervical cancer, and the challenges of implementing HPV vaccines and future developments.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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