Endometrial cells as a predictor of uterine cancer

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 50-53

  Heard, Adrian R ^a   Roder, David M ^b   Shorne, Lesley ^c   Kenny, Bernadette ^c   Priest, Kevin R ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

^b Cancer Council South Australia   (Australia)

^c South Australian Cervix Screening Program   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cervix uteri; Cytology; Epidemiology; Mass screening; Uterine neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CALCULATION; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; UTERUS CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; ENDOMETRIUM; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 33846473737     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2006.00679.x     Document Type: Article

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