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Gender and Cancer in England, 1860-1948 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
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Gender and Cancer in England, 1860-1948 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Series: Medicine and Biomedical Sciences in Modern History
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This volume focuses on gynaecological cancer to explore the ways in
which gender has shaped medical and public health responses to
cancer in England. Rooted in gendered perceptions of cancer risk,
medical and public health efforts to reduce cancer mortality since
1900 have prominently targeted women's cancers. Women have also
been key participants in the 'war' on cancer through their various
roles as medical practitioners, midwives, nurses, health visitors,
radiotherapists and cytotechnicians. Moscucci's study traces this
complex history from the establishment of 'early detection and
treatment' policies aimed at cervical cancer, to the controversial
development of prophylactic oophorectomy as a strategy for the
prevention of ovarian cancer. Women's cancers are highly visible in
modern English society as symbols of progress in cancer therapy and
prevention. The account offered in this volume reveals a different
story, marked by hopes and fears, expectations and disappointments.
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