Have we resolved how to triage equivocal cervical cytology?

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 250-251

  Solomon, Diane ^a   Schiffman, Mark ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CELL STRUCTURE; COLPOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; DNA DETERMINATION; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PERSISTENT VIRUS INFECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SQUAMOUS CELL; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; WART VIRUS;

EID: 1342312280     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djh063     Document Type: Editorial

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