Comparison of the performance of anal cytology and cervical cytology as screening tests

Sexual Health

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 568-573

  Roberts, Jennifer Margaret ^a   Thurloe, Julia Kathleen ^a  

^a DOUGLASS HANLY MOIR PATHOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

anal intraepithelial neoplasia; anal neoplasm; anoscopy; biopsy; Pap test.

Indexed keywords

ANUS CANCER; ANUS CARCINOMA; ANUS CYTOLOGY; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CYTODIAGNOSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; RECTUM BIOPSY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ANAL CANAL; ANUS NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 84870472695     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: 14498987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH11178     Document Type: Article

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