Title: Modern colposcopy : textbook & atlas /
Authors: Mayeaux, E. J.,; Cox, J. Thomas.
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins,
Year: 2012
Subjects: Uterine Cervical Diseases prevention & control; Uterine Cervical Diseases diagnosis; Colposcopy methods; Colposcopy Atlases.
Abstract: "The first two editions of this book were published by the American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology (ASCCP). This product is considered the standard of colposcopy and has the reputation of being the best selling educational teaching module_ for the physician, resident, or advanced practice clinician who wishes to bridge the gap between the obvious need for increased early detection of cervical, vaginal, and vulvar disease and the intensive education required for colposcopy.__The purpose of the society and the book is to provide education about the lower genital tract through the use of colposcopy. This includes the disciplines of pathology, cytology, cytogenetics, preventive medicine, basic research, gynecologic oncology, and endocrinology which are relevant to the understanding of the pathophysiology of the disease processes of the lower genital tract"--Provided by publisher.
Contents: Road to cervical cancer prevention: historical perspective -- Anatomy and histology of the normal female lower genital tract -- Cytology and histology of cervicovaginal abnormalities -- Cervical cancer: epidemiology and etiology -- Biology and importance of human papillomavirus infection -- Colposcopic equipment, supplies, and data management -- Colposcopic examination -- Normal and abnormal colposcopic features -- Colposcopy of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia -- Colposcopic, clinical, and etiologic predictors of invasive squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix -- Colposcopy of adenocarcinoma In Situ and adenocarcinoma of the uterine cervix -- Colposcopy and pregnancy -- Colposcopy in special situations -- Colposcopy of the vagina -- Vulvar abnormalities -- HPV infections in adolescents -- Anal canal and perianus: HPV-related disease -- Primary and secondary prevention: HPV vaccination and cervical cancer screening -- Management of cervical cancer screening results when not normal -- Management of lower genital tract neoplasia -- Preventing errors during colposcopy and management of lower genital tract neoplasia.