Visual inspection of the uterine cervix after the application of acetic acid in the detection of cervical carcinoma and its precursors

Cancer

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2150-2156

  Sankaranarayanan, Rengaswamy ^a   Wesley, Remani ^b   Somanathan, Thara ^b   Dhakad, Namrata ^b   Shyamalakumary, B ^c   Sreedevi Amma, N ^b   Maxwell Parkin, D ^a   Krishnan Nair, Madhavan ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^b REGIONAL CANCER CENTRE   (India)

^c Early Cancer Detection Centre   (India)

Author keywords

Cervical carcinoma; Cervicoscopy; Control; Cytology; Developing countries; Prevention; Screening; Visual inspection; Visual inspection after acetic acid application (VIA)

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLPOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX DYSPLASIA;

ACETIC ACID; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CERVIX UTERI; COLPOSCOPY; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MIDDLE AGED; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVICAL DYSPLASIA; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0032533283     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19981115)83:10<2150::AID-CNCR13>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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