Reevaluation of cytological smears in patients with cervical cancer. Regional quality assurance program with the cooperation of the Austrian Society for Cytology, the Carinthian Medical Association and the Carinthian Ministry of Health;Reevaluation von zervixabstrichen bei zervixkarzinompatientinnen. Regionales qualitätssicherungsprogramm unter mitwirkung der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Zytologie, der Kärntner Ärztekammer und der Landessanitätsdirektion Kärntens

Pathologe

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 339-345

  Regitnig, P ^a   Dinges, H P ^b   Ropp, E ^c   Fladerer, H ^d   Moinfar, F ^a   Breitenecker, G ^e  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b GENERAL HOSPITAL KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

^c Qualitätssicherungsbeauftragter der Kärntner Ärztekammer   (Austria)

^d Zytologisches Institut   (Austria)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Gynecological cytology; Quality assurance; Screening; Smears

Indexed keywords

AUSTRIA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STATISTICS; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

AUSTRIA; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 34548513995     PISSN: 01728113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00292-007-0931-9     Document Type: Review

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