Vaccines for the prevention of cervical cancer /
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Imprint: | Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008. |
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Description: | 1 online resource (xix, 149 pages) : color illustrations |
Language: | English |
Series: | Oxford oncology library Oxford oncology library. |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11138772 |
Other authors / contributors: | Stern, Peter L. Kitchener, Henry C. |
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ISBN: | 9780191575457 0191575453 9780191740060 0191740063 0199607184 9780199607181 1283581264 9781283581264 9786613893710 6613893714 9780199543458 0199543453 |
Digital file characteristics: | data file |
Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index. Restrictions unspecified Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 English. digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve Print version record. |
Summary: | Cervical cancer is the second most common form of cancer found in women and it is responsible for more than a quarter of a million deaths worldwide each year. With approximately 70% of cervical cancers now known to be caused by two types of the human papilloma virus (HPV), there is great interest surrounding the approval of the first preventative vaccines for clinical use. Despite this excitement, many questions remain about how the new vaccines should best be implemented and howcervical cancer screening will change following vaccination. Part of the Oxford Oncology Library series, this practic. |
Other form: | Print version: Vaccines for the prevention of cervical cancer. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008 9780199543458 |
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