Factors Associated with Late Diagnosis of Cervical Cancer in Nepal

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 4373-4377

  Gyenwali, Deepak ^a   Pariyar, Jitendra ^b   Onta, Sharad Raj ^a  

^a TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^b BP Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Health care provider; Health seeking behavior; Late diagnosis; Nepal; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL POPULATION; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; PROGNOSIS; RURAL POPULATION; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 84885438795     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2013.14.7.4373     Document Type: Article

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