title: [Aristides Maltez Hospital and the control of cervical cancer in Brazil].
abstract: The Aristides Maltez Hospital in Salvador (Bahia) was inaugurated in 1952. The hospital was a philanthropic institution of the Bahian League Against Cancer. The Aristides Maltez Hospital specialised in cancer treatment, especially cervical cancer, and became a reference centre for the control of cancer in northeastern Brazil. This article follows the creation and consolidation of the hospital as a treatment, research, and training centre, evaluating its role in discussions and action networks on cervical cancer in the mid-20th century. The institution has been a space of transition in the use of diagnostic tools and the organisation of campaigns to control cancer in municipalities of the hinterland.
authors.forename: Vanessa
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Lana
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000193:education / Q000266:history / Q000458:organization & administration; D001938:Brazil; D002173:Cancer Care Facilities / Q000266:history* / Q000458:organization & administration; D005260:Female; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000266:history* / Q000517:prevention & control