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Gynecologic Oncology
. Ed(S): Griffiths, C. Thomas; Fuller, Arlan F.
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Description for Gynecologic Oncology
Paperback. Editor(s): Griffiths, C. Thomas; Fuller, Arlan F. Series: Cancer Treatment and Research. Num Pages: 389 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: MJCL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 623.
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
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
389
Condition
New
Series
Cancer Treatment and Research
Number of Pages
389
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461338543
SKU
V9781461338543
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