Impact of the introduction of organised screening for cervical cancer in Turin, Italy: Cancer incidence by screening history 1992-98

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 376-378

  Ronco, G ^a   Pilutti, S ^a   Patriarca, S ^a   Montanari, G ^a   Ghiringhello, B ^b   Volante, R ^b   Giordano, L ^a   Zanetti, R ^a   Mancini, E ^a   Segnan, N ^a   Ricciardi, Valentina ^c   Berardengo, Ester ^d   Andrion, Alberto ^e   Coverlizza, Sergio ^f   Taraglio, Stefano ^g   Accinellli, Maria Grazia ^h   Micheletti, Leonardo ^b   Maggiorotti, Piergiorgio ⁱ   Mengani, Cinzia ^j   Giolito, Maria Rosa ^k  

^a Unit of Cancer Epidemiology   (Italy)

^b OIRM S Anna   (Italy)

^c CPO Piemonte   (Italy)

^d Ospedale Oncologico S Giovanni AS   (Italy)

^e Ospedale Martini   (Italy)

^f Ospedale Giovanni Bosco   (Italy)

^g MARIA VITTORIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

ⁱ ASL TOI   (Italy)

^j ASL TO2   (Italy)

^k ASL TO4   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Effectiveness; Organised programme; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SCREENING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; ITALY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; INCIDENCE; MASS SCREENING; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VAGINA SMEAR;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MASS SCREENING; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 25144509005     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6602705     Document Type: Article

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