Health and Medical Guide to Cancers Cervical Cancer Health information topics about Cervical Cancer: Clinical Trials 1. ClinicalTrials.gov: Cervix Neoplasms National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D002583&recruiting... Coping 1. Active Coping Helps Gynecologic Cancer Patients� American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/NWS/content/NWS_2_1x_Active_Coping_Helps_Gyne... 2. Female Sexuality After Cancer: What You and Your P Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=SA00071 3. Where to Seek Professional Help: Sexuality and Ca American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/mit/content/mit_7_2x_where_to_seek_profession... Diagnosis/Symptoms 1. Colposcopy National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/faq/colposcopy.htm Dictionaries/Glossaries 1. Cancer.gov Dictionary National Cancer Institute http://www.cancer.gov/dictionary/ Directories 1. National Cancer Institute Cancer Centers Program National Cancer Institute http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/1_2.htm 2. Find a Gynecologic Oncologist Society of Gynecologic Oncologists, Women's Cancer Network http://www.wcn.org/interior.cfm?diseaseid=13&featureid=4 3. National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detectio National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/nbccedp/contacts.htm Law and Policy 1. Breast and Cervical Cancer Legislation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/nbccedp/legislation.htm 2. Guidance and Summary of Actions on the Breast and National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/nbccedp/law106-354.htm National Institutes of Health 1. What You Need to Know about Cancer of the Cervix National Cancer Institute http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/wyntk/cervix 2. Cervical Cancer (PDQ): Treatment National Cancer Institute http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/pdq/treatment/cervical/patient/ 3. Cervical Cancer National Cancer Institute http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/types/cervical Organizations 1. American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/ 2. American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Patho http://www.asccp.org/ 3. National Cancer Institute http://www.cancer.gov/ 4. Gynecologic Cancer Foundation http://www.thegcf.org/ Overviews 1. Cervical Cancer National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/faq/ccervix.htm 2. Detailed Guide: Cervical Cancer American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/CRI_2_3x.asp?dt=8 Prevention/Screening 1. Understanding Your Pap Smear American Society for Clinical Pathology http://www.ascp.org/general/pub_resources/papsmear/ 2. Pap Smear American Association for Clinical Chemistry http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/pap/test.html 3. Basic Facts on Screening and the Pap Test Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/nbccedp/bccpdfs/cc_basic.pdf 4. Abnormal Pap Test Results American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists http://www.medem.com/medlb/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZCUC0887C&sub_... 5. Pap Test American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/PED/content/PED_2_3X_Pap_Test.asp?sitearea=PE... 6. Pap Smears: When Yours Is Slightly Abnormal American Academy of Family Physicians http://familydoctor.org/223.xml 7. Pap Test: Questions and Answers National Cancer Institute http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/5_16.htm 8. Pap Tests and Cervical Health: A Healthy Habit for National Cancer Institute http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/pap-tests-cervical-health 9. Understanding Cervical Changes: A Health Guide for National Cancer Institute http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/understandingcervicalchanges Related Issues 1. Oral Contraceptives and Cancer Risk National Cancer Institute http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/3_13.htm 2. What Should You Ask Your Doctor About Cervical Can American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/cri/content/cri_2_4_5x_what_should_you_ask_yo... 3. Cervical Cancer in Pregnancy American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/cri/content/cri_2_4_4x_cervical_cancer_in_pre... 4. DES (Diethylstilbestrol) Update: Consumers Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/DES/consumers/index.html Research 1. Three-Year Cervical Cancer Screening Recommendatio American Medical Association http://www.medem.com/medlb/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZ2BVWSQ6E&sub_... 2. Study Links Obesity to Cervical Cancer, Excess Wei American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/NWS/content/NWS_1_1x_Study_Links_Obesity_to_C... 3. Relationship of Health Status and Use of Mammograp American College of Physicians http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/140/9/I-18 4. Millions Get Unneeded Pap Tests American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/NWS/content/NWS_1_1x_Millions_Get_Unneeded_Pa... Seniors 1. Pap Tests for Older Women National Cancer Institute http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/pap-tests-older-women Specific Conditions 1. What Every Woman Should Know about HPV and Cervica American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology http://www.asccp.org/pdfs/patient_edu/women_should_know.pdf 2. Cervical Dysplasia American Medical Association http://www.medem.com/MedLB/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZIY13X59C&sub_... 3. Human Papillomaviruses and Cancer: Questions and A National Cancer Institute http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/3_20.htm Statistics 1. Cervical Cancer Facts American Society for Clinical Pathology http://www.ascp.org/general/pub_resources/papsmear/facts.asp Treatment 1. Cryosurgery in Cancer Treatment: Questions and Ans National Cancer Institute http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/7_34.htm 2. 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