Randomized clinical evaluation of self-screening for anal cancer precursors in men who have sex with men

CytoJournal

Volumn 3, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Lampinen, Thomas M ^a,b   Miller, Mary Lou ^a   Chan, Keith ^a   Anema, Aranka ^a   Van Niekerk, Dirk ^c   Schilder, Arn J ^a   Taylor, Robert ^d   Hogg, Robert S ^a,b  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR EXCELLENCE IN HIV AIDS   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^d ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS CANCER; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER SCREENING; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGIST; PATIENT REFERRAL; SEROLOGY; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SQUAMOUS CELL; TUMOR BIOPSY;

EID: 33645803985     PISSN: 17426413     EISSN: 17426413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-6413-3-4     Document Type: Article

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