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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783715403321

Titolo

Comprehensive cervical cancer control [[electronic resource] ] : a guide to essential practice / / [developed by the WHO Department of Reproductive Health and Research and the Department of Chronic Diseases and Health Promotion ... et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Geneva, : World Health Organization, c2006

ISBN

1-280-50333-5

9786610503339

92-4-068550-2

92-4-068024-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (283 p.)

Disciplina

614.5999466

Soggetti

Cervix uteri - Cancer

Tumors

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Integrating health care for sexual and reproductive health and chronic diseases."--Cover.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

COVER; COPYRIGHT; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CONTENTS; ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS USED IN THIS GUIDE; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; WHO RECOMMENDATIONS; CHAPTER 1: BACKGROUND; CHAPTER 2: ANATOMY OF THE FEMALE PELVIS AND NATURAL HISTORY OF CERVICAL CANCER; CHAPTER 3: HEALTH PROMOTION: PREVENTION, HEALTH EDUCATION AND COUNSELLING; CHAPTER 4: SCREENING FOR CERVICAL CANCER; CHAPTER 5: DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF PRECANCER; CHAPTER 6: MANAGEMENT OF INVASIVE CANCER; CHAPTER 7: PALLIATIVE CARE; ANNEXES

Sommario/riassunto

This Guide provides essential knowledge and skills needed by health care providers, at different levels of care, in order to offer quality services for prevention, early detection and screening, treatment and palliation of cervical cancer. The Guide presents guidelines and up-to-date, evidence-based recommendations covering the full continuum of care. Key recommendations are included in each chapter. The Guide is composed of seven chapters and associated practice sheets, nine



annexes and a glossary. Each chapter includes:. - a description of the role and responsibilities of first- and second-l