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This Guide provides essential knowledge and skills needed by health care providers, at different levels of care, in order to offer quality services for prevention, early detection and screening, treatment and palliation of cervical cancer. The Guide presents guidelines and up-to-date, evidence-based recommendations covering the full continuum of care. Key recommendations are included in each chapter. The Guide is composed of seven chapters and associated practice sheets, nine annexes and a glossary. Each chapter includes:. - a description of the role and responsibilities of first- and second-l
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monografia Rebiun37054098 https://catalogo.rebiun.org/rebiun/record/Rebiun37054098 m o d | cr#|n|---||||| 060804s2006 sz a ob i000 0 eng d 9786610503339 9789241547000 CBUC 991001007541406712 UPVA 997915674203706 CBUC 991010894246206709 UCAR 991008376864404213 MiAaPQ eng rda pn MiAaPQ MiAaPQ eng 614.5999466 Comprehensive cervical cancer control a guide to essential practice [developed by the WHO Department of Reproductive Health and Research and the Department of Chronic Diseases and Health Promotion ... et al.]. 1st ed Geneva World Health Organization c2006 Geneva Geneva World Health Organization 1 online resource (283 p.) 1 online resource (283 p.) Text txt computer c online resource cr "Integrating health care for sexual and reproductive health and chronic diseases."--Cover Includes bibliographical references Introduction -- WHO Recommendations -- 1. Background -- 2. Anatomy of the female pelvis and natural history of cervical cancer -- 3. Health promotion: prevention, health education and counselling -- Practice sheet 1. Health education -- Practice sheet 2. Frequently asked questions (FAQs) about cervical cancer -- Practice sheet 3. How to involve men in preventing cervical cancer -- Practice sheet 4. Counselling -- Practice sheet 5. How to use male and female condoms -- 4. Screening for cervical cancer -- Practice sheet 6. Obtaining informed consent -- Practice sheet 7. Taking a history and performing a pelvic examination -- Practice sheet 8. Taking a Pap smear -- Practice sheet 9. Collecting samples for HPV DNA testing -- Practice sheet 10. Visual screening methods -- 5. Diagnosis and management of precancer -- Practice sheet 11. Colposcopy, punch biopsy and endocervical curettage -- Practice sheet 12. Cryotherapy -- Practice sheet 13. Loop electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP) -- Practice sheet 14. Cold knife conization -- 6. Management of invasive cancer -- Practice sheet 15. Hysterectomy -- Practice sheet 16. Pelvic teletherapy -- Practice sheet 17. Brachytherapy -- 7. Palliative care -- Practice sheet 18. Pain management -- Practice sheet 19. Home-based palliative care -- Practice sheet 20. Managing vaginal discharge and fistulae at home This Guide provides essential knowledge and skills needed by health care providers, at different levels of care, in order to offer quality services for prevention, early detection and screening, treatment and palliation of cervical cancer. The Guide presents guidelines and up-to-date, evidence-based recommendations covering the full continuum of care. Key recommendations are included in each chapter. The Guide is composed of seven chapters and associated practice sheets, nine annexes and a glossary. Each chapter includes:. - a description of the role and responsibilities of first- and second-l English Cervix uteri- Cancer Tumors Uterine Cervical Neoplasms- diagnosis Uterine Cervical Neoplasms- prevention & control Uterine Cervical Neoplasms- therapy Uterine Cervical Neoplasms Neoplasms Practice Guideline World Health Organization. Reproductive Health and Research World Health Organization. Chronic Diseases and Health Promotion