Effectiveness of an organized cervical cancer screening program in Korea: Results from a cohort study

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 188-193

  Jun, Jae Kwan ^a   Choi, Kui Son ^a,b   Jung, Kyu Won ^a   Lee, Hoo Yeon ^a   Gapstur, Susan M ^b   Park, Eun Cheol ^a   Yoo, Keun Young ^c  

^a National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Cohort study; Effectiveness; Pap smear; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; BODY MASS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; KOREA; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 58149384931     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.23841     Document Type: Article

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