A thin-layer, liquid-based Pap test for mass screening in an area of China with a high incidence of cervical carcinoma a cross-sectional, comparative study

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 45-50

  Pan, Qinjing ^a,c   Belinson, Jerome L ^b,c   Li, Ling ^a,c   Pretorius, Robert G ^c   Qiao, You Lin ^a,c   Zhang, Wen Hua ^a,c   Zhang, Xun ^a,c   Wu, Ling Ying ^b,c   De Rong, Sou ^a,c   Sun, Yun Tian ^a,c  

^a CANCER HOSPITAL   (China)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Cervix neoplasms; Colposcopy; Mainland China; Mass screening; Papillomavirus, human; ThinPrep

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CHINA; COLPOSCOPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; WART VIRUS;

HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPES; PAPILLOMAVIRUS; PAPOVAVIRIDAE;

EID: 0037266637     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000326474     Document Type: Article

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