Gynecologic Oncology
. Ed(S): Griffiths, C. Thomas; Fuller, Arlan F.
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Description for Gynecologic Oncology
Hardback. Editor(s): Griffiths, C. Thomas; Fuller, Arlan F. Series: Cancer Treatment and Research. Num Pages: 389 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MJCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 23. Weight in Grams: 747.
At the turn of the century gynecology had achieved independence from surgery in most medical schools; although gynecologists were surgeons, their interests were turning toward nonsurgical aspects of their specialty. In 1900, merely two years after the Curies' discovery, radium was first used as a treatment for carcinoma of the cervix. In that day cervical cancer claimed more women's lives than any other malignancy and was described by Wil liam P. Graves, the second professor of gynecology at Harvard as follows: 'Cancer of the cervix may rightly be termed of all tumors one of the most deadly and most ghastly. ... Read more
At the turn of the century gynecology had achieved independence from surgery in most medical schools; although gynecologists were surgeons, their interests were turning toward nonsurgical aspects of their specialty. In 1900, merely two years after the Curies' discovery, radium was first used as a treatment for carcinoma of the cervix. In that day cervical cancer claimed more women's lives than any other malignancy and was described by Wil liam P. Graves, the second professor of gynecology at Harvard as follows: 'Cancer of the cervix may rightly be termed of all tumors one of the most deadly and most ghastly. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
389
Condition
New
Series
Cancer Treatment and Research
Number of Pages
389
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780898385557
SKU
V9780898385557
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