Benefits and harms of cervical screening from age 20 years compared with screening from age 25 years

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 110, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1841-1846

  Landy, R ^a   Birke, H ^a   Castanon, A ^a   Sasieni, P ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cervical cytology; cost effectiveness; effectiveness; over diagnosis; young women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; COLPOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR INVASION; UNITED KINGDOM; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; YOUNG ADULT; CANCER PREVENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROUPS BY AGE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COLPOSCOPY; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASM STAGING; RISK ASSESSMENT; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; WALES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897574472     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2014.65     Document Type: Article

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