Female-to-male patients have high prevalence of unsatisfactory paps compared to non-transgender females: Implications for cervical cancer screening

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 778-784

  Peitzmeier, Sarah M ^a   Reisner, Sari L ^a,b   Harigopal, Padmini ^c,d   Potter, Jennifer ^c,d,e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c FENWAY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer screening; female to male; Papanicolaou test; transgender

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ANDROGEN THERAPY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER SCREENING; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; FEMALE TO MALE TRANSSEXUAL; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PREVALENCE; URBAN POPULATION; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDS; TRANSGENDER; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADULT; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSGENDERED PERSONS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 84900858654     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-013-2753-1     Document Type: Article

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