Carcinoma of cervix, the King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center Experience - The need for screening for cervical cancer in developing countries

European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 5-6, 1999, Pages 412-415

  Manji, M F ^a   Pradhan, D ^b   El Senoussi, M ^b   Bakri, Y ^b   Subhi, J ^b   Ezzat, A ^b   Zwan, F ^b   Ramirez, C ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Department of Oncology ^*

Author keywords

Carcinoma of cervix; Screening program in developing countries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RADICAL HYSTERECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAUDI ARABIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA; SURVIVAL RATE; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032756606     PISSN: 03922936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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