Resources

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.(2003, July 31). Cervical cancer screening: Testing can start later and occur less often under new ACOG recommendations. Retrieved August 18, 2003, from
www.acog.org/from_home/publications/press_releases/nr07-31-03 -1.cfm.

Beers, M. H., & Berkow, R. (ed). Cervical cancer [electronic version]. The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy, 17th Edition. Merck Research Laboratories, NJ, 1999. Retrieved August 12, 2003, from
www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/section18/chapter241/241c.htm.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (updated 2003). Male latex condoms and sexually transmitted diseases. Retrieved August 12, 2003, from
www.cdc.gov/hiv/pubs/facts/condoms.htm.

Fauci, A., Braunwald, E., Isselbacher, K., Wilson, J., Martin, J., Kasper, D., Hauser, S., Longo, D. (ed). Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 14th Edition. McGraw-Hill, New York, 1998.

Koutsky, L.A., Ault, K.A., Wheeler, C.M., Brown, D.R., Barr, E., Alvarez, F.B., Chiacchierini, L.M., Jansen, K.U. (2002, November 21). A controlled trial of a human papillomavirus type 16 vaccine. New England Journal of Medicine, 347(21), 1645-1651.

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. (2003). Cervical cancer. Retrieved August 26, 2003, from
www.mskcc.org/mskcc/html/300.cfm.

Moodley, M., Moodley, J., Chetty, R., Herrington, C. (2003, March). The role of steroid contraceptive hormones in the pathogenesis of invasive cervical cancer: A review. International Journal of Gynecological Cancer, 13(2), 103-110.

National Cancer Institute. (updated 2002). Cervical cancer homepage. Retrieved August 22, 2003, from
www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/types/cervical.

National Cancer Institute.(updated 2003). Oral contraceptives and cancer risk. Retrieved August14, 2003, from
www.cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/3_13.htm#cervix.

National Women's Health Resource Center. (updated 2003). Cervical cancer: Treatment. Retrieved August 26, 2003, from
www.health.discovery.com/centers/womens/cervicalcancer/cctreat ment.html.

Oncology Channel. (updated 2003). Cervical cancer: Treatment. Retrieved August 25, 2003 from
www.oncologychannel.com/cervicalcancer/treatment.shtml.

Rein, D. T., Kurbacher, C. M. (2001). The role of chemotherapy in invasive cancer of the cervix uteri: Current standards and future prospects. Anti-Cancer Drugs, 12, 787-795.

Reuters. (2003, August 4). Women unaware of viral link to cervical cancer. Retrieved August 18, 2003, from
www.reuters.com/newsarticle.jhtml?type=healthnews&storyID=321 7700.

Reuters Health. (2003, August 25). Urine test for cervical virus seen as promising. Retrieved August 29, 2003, from
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_13779.html.

Smith, J., Green, J., Berrington de Gonzalez, A., Appleby, P., Peto, J., Plummer, M., Franceschi, S., Beral, V. (2003, April 5). Cervical cancer and use of hormonal contraceptives: A systematic review. The Lancet, 361(9364), 1159-1167.