GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGY 23, 241-242 (1986)

BOOK REVIEWS

Pract~al Colposcopy Edited by RENA CARTIER Laboratolre CartIer, Pans, 1984 319 pp

Pructzcal Colposcopy is not Just another textbook on colposcopy, rather, Doctor Ren6 Cartler 1s an expert and artist of colposcopy , cytology, and hlstopathology HIS extensive and vaned chmcal and cytopathologlc experience IS reflected m this textbook

Especmlly appealing to this reviewer are the marvelous diagrams used to illustrate theoretlcal pomts or to clarify the pathologic material This format provides a framework for a well-ordered synthesis of mformatlon that IS presently avadable to enhance the physlclan’s understandmg of colposcopy

Although several theones and approaches are different from the American mterpretatlon of colposcopy, the presentation of this easy-to-read mformatlon will attract the begmmng, as well as the experienced, colposcoplst Overall, this book 1s a well-produced, well-e&ted, well-dlustrated, quality pubhcatlon Practzcal Colposcopy IS a pleasure to read and a welcome addltlon to the colposcopy bookshelf

GUNTER DEPPE, M D

Wayne State Unwerslty School of Medwne Hutzel Hospital Detroit, Mlchlgan 48201

Cancer of the Uterzne Cervzx By H G BENDER AND L BECK Gustave Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart/New York, 1985 231 pp

The purpose of this book 1s to summmze a review and a cntlcal analysis of cervical cancer screening wlthm the past decade The report IS based on a workshop of the Society for Cancer Campaign of Northrhme-Westfaha held m Dusseldorfm 1983 The editors were successful m usmg their worldwide influence to sohclt chapters from an outstanding group of experts The chapters present the authors’ latest experiences, the state of the art, and prospectlves for future solutions

The various authors discuss sensitivity and specificity of cytology, colposcopy, and histology There are presentations regardmg papllloma vu-us, genital herpes,

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