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EBOOK Woman's Disease:The history of cervical cancer
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Wydawnictwo: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780191634147
EAN: 819B90D3EB
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Stron: 240
Data wydania: 2011
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Cervical cancer is an emotive disease with multiple connotations. It has stood for        the horror of cancer, the curse of femininity, the hope of cutting-edge medical        technologies and the promise of screening for malignant tumours. For a long time,        this disease was identified with the most dreaded aspects of malignancies: prolonged        invalidity and chronic pain, but also physical degradation, shame and social        isolation. Cervical cancer displayed in parallel the dangers of being a woman.In the        20th century, innovations initially developed to control cervical cancer -        radiotherapy and radium therapy, exfoliate cytology (Pap smear), homogenisation of        the 'staging' of tumours, mass campaigns for an early detection of precancerous        lesions of the cervix - set standards for diagnosis, treatment and prevention of        other malignancies. In the late 20th century, cervical cancer underwent another        important change. With the display of the role of selected strands of HPV (Human        PapillomaVirus) in the genesis of this malignancy, it was transformed into a        sexually transmitted disease. This new understanding of cervical cancer linked it        more firmly with lifestyle choices, and thus increased the danger of stigmatisation        of patients; on the other hand it opened the possibility forefficient prevention of        this malignancy through vaccination.Ilana Lowy follows the disease from antiquity to        the 21st century, focussing on the period since the mid-19th century, during which        cervical cancer was dissociated from other gynaecological disorders and became a        distinct entity. Following the ways in which new developments in science, medicine,        and society have affected beliefs about medical progress and an individual's        responsibility, gender roles, reproduction, and sex, Lowy demonstrates our        understanding of what cervical cancer is, and howit can be prevented and        cured.

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