Enough
Because We Can Stop Cervical Cancer

A passionate call to action to eliminate needless deaths from cervical cancer by combating healthcare inequities women face.

Linda Eckert (Author)

9781009412650, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 11 January 2024

350 pages
22.4 x 14.7 x 2.2 cm, 0.56 kg

'This book serves as a powerful resource to educate medical professionals and the public alike to take charge on self-care and work towards a cervical cancer-free world.' Shobha S. Krishnan, Founder and President, Global Initiative Against HPV and Cervical Cancer

Cervical cancer kills almost 350,000 women each year. What's more horrifying, is that millions have died of this disease that's nearly 100% preventable. It's no secret that healthcare is full of inequities, with a severe lack of accessible screening programs. But women's health care is also impeded by cultural, gender, and political barriers, issues that have combined to create devastating consequences. A leading expert in cervical cancer prevention, Dr Linda Eckert takes her years of experience and weaves it together with the voices of the courageous women who use their own experience of cervical cancer to advocate for change. This heart-breaking, yet hopeful, book takes you through the world of cervical cancer with evidence-based information, personal stories and actionable outcomes. Society flourishes when women have access to safe and affordable healthcare. Together we can make this need a reality and eliminate the world's most preventable cancer.

Introduction: The calling
Part I. A Preventable Cancer: 1. The potent promise and the rotten reality
2. The vision
3. Must we ask what a woman is worth?
Part II. The Science Behind Cervical Cancer: 4. The dangerous clout of a sexually transmitted virus
5. The power of prevention
6. The toll of treatment
7. Gasoline on the fire: when HIV meets HPV
Part III. The Prevention Problem: 8. The deadly link between inequality and cervical cancer
9. Losing the life lottery because of where you are born
10. Sex, lies, and logistics: obstacles to vaccination beyond the marketplace
11. Putting out the fires: obstacles to screening
12. 'Dying inside': obstacles to treatment-and the catastrophic consequences
13. What money cannot buy
Part IV. Getting to Enough: 14. A sea change starts with a ripple
15. Wanted: men to champion the movement
16. Join the collective cry of 'enough!'.

Subject Areas: Gynaecology & obstetrics [MJT]