At over 600 pages, with more than 400 illustrations and photographsthis text spans everything from embryology to the emotional traumawomen undergo when their cervix is removed at hysterectomy.This is also the most up-to-date text in the field - The editorshave referenced work to 2006(and will continue to until the textgoes to press), whilst still including all the classic researchmaterial and images where appropriate.Essential for gynecologists, oncologists, basic scientistsespecially those involved in HPV (viral)research, GPs, nurses,colposcopy prctitioners, and sexual transmitted diseasedoctors* * The only definitive major clinical reference book published onthe cervix for thirty years* Including the most up-to-date research on HPV includingup-to-date vaccine trial data* Highly illustrated in colour including many surgicalprocedures* Spanning the entire field from embryology to cancer toemotional trauma* International editorship, with leading names in the field* Cervical cancer is the second biggest cause of female cancermortality worldwide and therefore relevant to the developing anddeveloped world* Specific chapters related to management of cervical cancer inthe developing world* Summaries of recommendations by international bodies includingthe IARC conference (Lyon 2004), dealing with cervical cancerdiagnosis and treatment* The Editors, Jordan and Singer, are the co-founders of theBritish Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology