Description
Book SynopsisThis practical pocketbook provides an overview of the role of HPV in the pathophysiology of cervical cancer and its current screening and management, the principles of immune control of HPV infection in cervical cancer, and the challenges of implementing HPV vaccines and future developments.
Table of Contents1. The UK cervical screening programme ; 2. Management of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) ; 3. Role of HPV in cervical carcinogenesis ; 4. HPV and genital cancer: the essential epidemiology ; 5. The role of HPV testing in cervical screening ; 6. Natural immune control of HPV infection ; 7. Prophylactic HPV vaccines: pre-clinical and proof of principle studies ; 8. Prophylactic HPV vaccination: current status ; 9. Introduction of HPV prophylactic vaccination ; 10. HPV vaccination in the developing world ; 11. Screening post vaccination ; 12. Second-generation HPV prophylactic vaccines ; 13. Therapeutic HPV vaccines ; 14. Conclusion
