Feasibility of the 'see and treat' approach in management of women with 'atypical squamous cell, cannot exclude high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion' smears

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 507-513

  Kietpeerakool, Chumnan ^a   Cheewakriangkrai, Chalong ^a   Suprasert, Prapaporn ^a   Srisomboon, Jatupol ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Atypical squamous cell; Loop electrosurgical excision procedure; Overtreatment; See and treat

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLPOSCOPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROSURGERY; EXCISION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; PARITY; RISK FACTOR; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX EPITHELIUM;

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; CERVIX UTERI; COLPOSCOPY; ELECTROSURGERY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 67650445908     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2008.00992.x     Document Type: Article

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