Utility of liquid-based cytology for cervical carcinoma screening: Results of a population-based study conducted in a region of Costa Rica with a high incidence of cervical carcinoma

Cancer

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 48-55

  Hutchinson, Martha L ^a,j   Zahniser, David J ^b   Sherman, Mark E ^c   Herrero, Rolando ^d   Alfaro, Mario ^e   Bratti, Maria C ^f   Hildesheim, Allan ^g   Lorincz, Attila T ^h   Greenberg, Mitchell D ⁱ   Morales, Jorge ^e   Schiffman, Mark ^g  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cytyc Corporation   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^d INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^e CAJA COSTARRICENSE DE SEGURO SOCIAL   (Costa Rica)

^f FUCODOCSA   (Costa Rica)

^g NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h Digene Corporation   (United States)

ⁱ Omnia Corporation   (United States)

^j WOMEN AND INFANTS HOSPITAL   (United States)

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Author keywords

Cervical carcinoma; Cytology; Diagnosis; Screening

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSTA RICA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIQUID; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL METAPLASIA; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VIRUS DETECTION; WART VIRUS;

CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; CERVIX UTERI; COHORT STUDIES; COSTA RICA; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MASS SCREENING; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS; UTERINE CERVICAL DYSPLASIA; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0033602632     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19990425)87:2<48::AID-CNCR2>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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