- Contents
- Front matter
- Part 1 Prevention and current treatment
- Chapter 1 The UK cervical screening programme
- Chapter 2 Management of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN)
- Part 2 HPV and disease
- Chapter 3 Role of HPV in cervical carcinogenesis
- Chapter 4 HPV and genital cancer: the essential epidemiology
- Chapter 5 The role of HPV testing in cervical screening
- Part 3 Immune control of HPV infection in cervical neoplasia
- Chapter 6 Natural immune control of HPV infection
- Chapter 7 Prophylactic HPV vaccines: pre-clinical and proof of principle studies
- Chapter 8 Prophylactic HPV vaccination: current status
- Chapter 9 Introduction of HPV prophylactic vaccination
- Part 4 Challenges and future developments
- Chapter 10 HPV vaccination in the developing world
- Chapter 11 Screening post vaccination
- Chapter 12 Second-generation HPV prophylactic vaccines
- Chapter 13 Therapeutic HPV vaccines
- Chapter 14 Conclusion
- Index
This practical online reference provides an overview of the role of HPV in the pathology 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.
- About the Authors
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Peter L. Stern, Professor of Immunology, Paterson Institute for Cancer Research, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
Henry C. Kitchener, Professor of Gynaecological Oncology, St Mary's Hospital, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
- Disclaimer
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