LEADER 02817nam 2200589 a 450 001 9910823872903321 005 20240516141610.0 010 $a0-19-163414-X 010 $a1-280-59523-X 010 $a9786613625069 010 $a0-19-163413-1 035 $a(CKB)2550000000087542 035 $a(EBL)886556 035 $a(OCoLC)776202174 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000613164 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11363209 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000613164 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10572460 035 $a(PQKB)11755609 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC886556 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL886556 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10531094 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL362506 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000087542 100 $a20120131d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA woman's disease $ethe history of cervical cancer /$fIlana Lo?wy 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aOxford $cOxford University Press$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (231 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-954881-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 205-213) and index. 327 $aCover; 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; W 330 $aCervical 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, 606 $aCervix uteri$xCancer$xHistory 606 $aCervix uteri$xCancer$xSocial aspects$xHistory 615 0$aCervix uteri$xCancer$xHistory. 615 0$aCervix uteri$xCancer$xSocial aspects$xHistory. 676 $a616.99466 700 $aLo?wy$b Ilana$f1948-$0901207 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910823872903321 996 $aA woman's disease$93993860 997 $aUNINA