PAP smear after radiation therapy for cervical carcinoma

Anticancer Research

Volumn 17, Issue 5 B, 1997, Pages 3747-3750

  Rintala, Marjut A M ^a   Rantanen, Virpi T ^a   Salmi, Tuula A ^a   Klemi, Pekka J ^a   Grénman, Seija E ^a  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cervical carcinoma; Irradiation induced atypia; PAP smear; Radiotherapy; Vaginal smear

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

CARCINOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RADIATION INJURIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0031469066     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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