How to evaluate emerging technologies in cervical cancer screening?

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 125, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2489-2496

  Arbyn, Marc ^a,b   Ronco, Guglielmo ^c   Cuzick, Jack ^d   Wentzensen, Nicolas ^e   Castle, Philip E ^e  

^a SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^b INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^c CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION INSTITUTE ISPO   (Italy)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Cervical cancer screening; Diagnostic test accuracy; Guidelines; Health technology assessment; HPV; Human papillomavirus

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN P16; TUMOR MARKER;

CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHORT SURVEY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; WART VIRUS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; MASS SCREENING; REVIEW; STANDARD; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 70350738496     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.24774     Document Type: Short Survey

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