Effectiveness of national cervical cancer screening programme in Taiwan: 12-year experiences

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 174-177

  Chen, Y Y ^a   You, S L ^b   Chen, C A ^c   Shih, L Y ^d   Koong, S L ^d   Chao, K Y ^d   Hsiao, M L ^d   Hsieh, C Y ^c   Chen, C J ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b GENOMICS RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Incidence; Mortality; National screening programme; Secular trend

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SCREENING; CARCINOMA IN SITU; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TAIWAN; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; AGE; INCIDENCE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; TAIWAN; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 67649853234     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6605139     Document Type: Article

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