Costs of colposcopy services and their impact on the incidence and mortality rate of cervical cancer in Canada

Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 160-166

  Benedet, John L ^a   Bertrand, Monique A ^a   Matisic, Jasenka M ^a   Garner, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer rates; Colposcopy costs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; COLPOSCOPY; CRYOTHERAPY; ELECTROSURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LOOP ELECTROSURGICAL EXCISON PROCEDURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

CANADA; CERVIX UTERI; COLPOSCOPY; CONIZATION; CRYOSURGERY; ELECTROSURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LASER SURGERY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 23244465312     PISSN: 10892591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.LGT.0000171665.63976.B2     Document Type: Article

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