Timeliness and follow-up patterns of cervical cancer detection in a cohort of medically underserved California women

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 411-420

  Tabnak, Farzaneh ^a,b   Müller, Hans Georg ^c   Wang, Jane Ling ^c   Zhang, Weihong ^a   Howell, Lydia Pleotis ^d  

^a Cancer Detection Section   (United States)

^b Surveillance and Statistics Section   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abnormal results; Cervical cancer; Follow up; Pap test medically underserved

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CALIFORNIA; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERINE CERVICAL DYSPLASIA; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950691822     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-009-9473-1     Document Type: Article

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