Celebrities and screening: A measurable impact on high-grade cervical neoplasia diagnosis from the 'Jade Goody effect' in the UK

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1192-1197

  Casey, G M ^a   Morris, B ^a   Burnell, M ^b   Parberry, A ^c   Singh, N ^c   Rosenthal, A N ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

celebrity; screening; cervical; neoplasia; cytology; Jade Goody

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COLPOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HIGH GRADE CERVICAL CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC FIGURE; UNITED KINGDOM; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

COLPOSCOPY; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FAMOUS PERSONS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; MASS SCREENING; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84883743092     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2013.444     Document Type: Article

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