Accuracy of optical spectroscopy for the detection of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia: Testing a device as an adjunct to colposcopy

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1151-1168

  Cantor, Scott B ^a   Yamal, Jose Miguel ^b   Guillaud, Martial ^c   Cox, Dennis D ^d   Atkinson, E Neely ^a   Benedet, John L ^c   Miller, Dianne ^e   Ehlen, Thomas ^e   Matisic, Jasenka ^e   Van Niekerk, Dirk ^e   Bertrand, Monique ^e   Milbourne, Andrea ^a   Rhodes, Helen ^a   Malpica, Anais ^a   Staerkel, Gregg ^a   Nader Eftekhari, Shahla ^f   Adler Storthz, Karen ^f   Scheurer, Michael E ^g   Basen Engquist, Karen ^a   Shinn, Eileen ^a   West, Loyd A ^a   Vlastos, Anne Therese ^a   Tao, Xia ^a   Beck, J Robert ^h   MacAulay, Calum ^c   Follen, Michele ^a,f,i   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^d Rice University   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^g BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ Lyndon Baines Johnson Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

cervical intraepithelial neoplasia; diagnosis; early detection of cancer; sensitivity and specificity; uterine cervical neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; COLPOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROSCOPY; TUMOR BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU;

ALGORITHMS; ALPHAPAPILLOMAVIRUS; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; COLPOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 78650718855     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.25667     Document Type: Article

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