Using history and colposcopy to select women for endocervical curettage: Results from 2,287 cases

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-6

  Massad, L Stewart ^a,b,c   Collins, Yvonne C ^a,b  

^a RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Cervix neoplasms; Colposcopy; Curettage; History

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURGERY; COLPOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURETTAGE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE ENDOCERVIX;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; COHORT STUDIES; COLPOSCOPY; DILATATION AND CURETTAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0037239345     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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