Is there a proven link between anal cancer screening and reduced morbidity or mortality?

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 283-284

  Katz, Kenneth A ^a   Clarke, Christina A ^b   Bernstein, Kyle T ^c   Katz, Mitchell H ^c   Klausner, Jeffrey D ^c  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANUS CANCER; ANXIETY DISORDER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SCREENING; CARCINOMA IN SITU; DEPRESSION; FEAR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; LETTER; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MORBIDITY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

EID: 60849126993     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-150-4-200902170-00020     Document Type: Letter

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