Questions and Answers about Human Papilloma Virus(HPV)

Dizon, Don S., Krychman, Michael L.

ISBN 10: 0763781622 / ISBN 13: 9780763781620

Published by Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC, 2010

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Synopsis:

Written by two expert physicians in the field, Questions & Answers About Human Papilloma Virus(HPV) provides authoritative answers to the most commonly asked questions about HPV. This concise guide features current, easy-to-understand information on the virus, related cancers and other diseases, vaccination, and prevention. Also included is a chapter for men diagnosed with the disease. Indispensible reading for parents of adolescent girls, as well as newly diagnosed patients, this essential book dispels common myths about the HPV and gives readers the tools they need to reclaim their health.

About the Author: Don S. Dizon, MD, FACP-Brown Medical School/Women & Infants' Hospital of Rhode Island, Providence, Rhode Island Dr. Dizon is a 1991 graduate of the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. He trained in Internal Medicine at Yale New-Haven Hospital and in Medical Oncology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center where he received a Career Development Award from the American Society of Clinical Oncology for work on platinum drug resistance. He later joined the Developmental Therapeutics faculty and Gynecology Disease Management Team of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. In 2003 he left New York City and assumed his current role as the director of Medical Oncology for the Program in Women s Oncology of Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island. In 2005 he helped establish the state s first Center for Sexuality, Intimacy, and Fertility for women with cancer. In 2005 he was elected Fellow of the American College of Physicians. He also serves as Medical Director of the Program s Integrative Care Program. Nationally, he continues to pursue research in the novel treatments of both breast and gynecological cancers and is active in the Gynecologic Oncology Group, serving on Phase I, Developmental Therapeutics, and Cervix committees. Currently he is the President of the National Consortium of Breast Centers.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Questions and Answers about Human Papilloma ...
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC
Publication Date: 2010
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Very Good
Edition: 1st Edition.