02820nam 2200577 a 450 991077907370332120230126202917.00-19-163414-X1-280-59523-X97866136250690-19-163413-1(CKB)2550000000087542(EBL)886556(OCoLC)776202174(SSID)ssj0000613164(PQKBManifestationID)11363209(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000613164(PQKBWorkID)10572460(PQKB)11755609(MiAaPQ)EBC886556(Au-PeEL)EBL886556(CaPaEBR)ebr10531094(CaONFJC)MIL362506(EXLCZ)99255000000008754220120131d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA woman's disease[electronic resource] the history of cervical cancer /Ilana LöwyOxford Oxford University Press20111 online resource (231 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-954881-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-213) and index.Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Prologue: Three Patients; 1 The Early History of Tumours of the Womb; 2 Surgical Cures for a Cancerous Uterus; 3 The Hope of Rays; 4 The Pap Smear; 5 Save the Women; 6 Cervical Cancer Becomes a Sexually Transmitted Disease; 7 Still a Woman's Scourge; Epilogue: Cervical Cancer in the Twenty-First Century; Glossary; A; B; C; D; E; F; H; I; M; O; P; R; S; T; V; Notes; Further Reading; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; WCervical 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,Cervix uteriCancerHistoryCervix uteriCancerSocial aspectsHistoryCervix uteriCancerHistory.Cervix uteriCancerSocial aspectsHistory.616.99466Löwy Ilana1948-901207MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910779073703321A woman's disease3811824UNINA