Cervical Cancer Screening and Updated Pap Guidelines

Primary Care - Clinics in Office Practice

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 131-149

  Warren, Johanna B ^a   Gullett, Heidi ^b   King, Valerie J ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Dayspring Family Health Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Abnormal pap; Cervical cancer; Dysplasia; Guidelines; HPV; Pap testing; Screening

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PODOPHYLLOTOXIN; WART VIRUS VACCINE;

CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER SCREENING; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLPOSCOPY; CONDYLOMA ACUMINATUM; CRYOTHERAPY; ELECTROSURGERY; FAMILY HISTORY; FOLLOW UP; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INJECTION SITE SORENESS; MULTIPARA; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMOKING; SQUAMOUS CELL; TRICHOMONIASIS; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VAGINA CANCER; VERRUCA VULGARIS; VIRUS INFECTION; VULVA CANCER; WART VIRUS;

ALGORITHMS; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 60249090324     PISSN: 00954543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pop.2008.10.008     Document Type: Review

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