Title Preventive strikes : women, precancer, and prophylactic surgery / Ilana Löwy

Published Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 328 pages) : illustrations Series Studies in Industry and Society Studies in industry and society Contents Biopsy -- Classifications -- Borderline lesions -- In situ cancers -- The origins of screening -- The generalization of screening -- Heredity -- New surgical radicalism Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Cancer in women -- Surgery -- Social aspects Precancerous conditions -- Surgery -- Social aspects Breast -- Cancer -- Surgery -- Social aspects Ovaries -- Cancer -- Surgery -- Social aspects Social medicine. Women -- Health and hygiene. Neoplasms -- prevention & control Precancerous Conditions -- surgery Genetic Predisposition to Disease History, 20th Century Women's Health Women -- Health and hygiene Breast -- Cancer -- Surgery -- Social aspects Ovaries -- Cancer -- Surgery -- Social aspects Social medicine SUBJECT France https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005602 United Kingdom https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006113 United States https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481 Form Electronic book LC no. 2008056007 ISBN 0801898692 9780801898693

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