American Cancer Society guideline for the early detection of cervical neoplasia and cancer

Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 67-86

  Saslow, Debbie ^a   Runowicz, Carolyn D ^b   Solomon, Diane ^c   Moscicki, Anna Barbara ^d   Smith, Robert A ^a   Eyre, Harmon J ^a   Cohen, Cohen ^e  

^a AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e The Mount Sinai Center Department of Dermatology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

AGE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SCREENING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VAGINA SMEAR; VERRUCA VULGARIS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WART VIRUS;

EID: 0037395405     PISSN: 10892591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00128360-200304000-00001     Document Type: Review

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