Invasive Cervical Cancer Incidence and Mortality Among Canadian Women Aged 15 to 29 and the Impact of Screening

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1167-1176

  Popadiuk, Catherine ^a   Stankiewicz, Agata ^b   Dickinson, James ^c   Pogany, Lisa ^b   Miller, Anthony B ^d   Onysko, Jay ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Cervical cancer incidence; ICC; Mortality; Pap smear; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INVASIVE CERVICAL CANCER; MORTALITY RATE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; YOUNG ADULT; AGE; CANADA; INCIDENCE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PATHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STATISTICS; TUMOR INVASION; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CANADA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MASS SCREENING; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84879822652     PISSN: 17012163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1701-2163(16)35464-0     Document Type: Article

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