Comprehensive cervical cancer control : 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.]

• Pubblicazione: Geneva, : World Health Organization, c2006
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (283 p.)
• Disciplina: 614.5999466
• Soggetto topico: Cervix uteri - Cancer; Tumors
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Comprehensive cervical cancer control
• ISBN: 1-280-50333-5; 9786610503339; 92-4-068550-2; 92-4-068024-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910825229603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II