Opportunistic screening for cervical cancer in a Tertiary Hospital in Karnataka, India

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 5101-5105

  Kulkarni, Padmaja Ramesh ^a   Rani, Hephzibah ^b   Vimalambike, Manjunath Gubbanna ^c   Ravishankar, Sunila ^c  

^a BLDE UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b SDMCMS and H ^*  (India)

^c JSS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Opportunistic screening; Pap smear

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS INTRAEPITHELIAL LESION OF THE CERVIX; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VAGINA SMEAR; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; COHORT STUDIES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; SQUAMOUS INTRAEPITHELIAL LESIONS OF THE CERVIX; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887593942     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2013.14.9.5101     Document Type: Article

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