Cervical cancer screening in switzerland: Time to rethink the guidelines

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 145, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Vassilakos, Pierre ^a   Catarino, Rosa ^b   Tirri, Brigitte Frey ^c   Petignat, Patrick ^b  

^a WHO Collaborating Centre in Education and Research in Human Reproduction   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c Frauenklinik Baselland Liestal   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SWITZERLAND; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; WART VIRUS; AGE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; MASS SCREENING; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PROCEDURES; TIME; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VIROLOGY;

AGE FACTORS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SWITZERLAND; TIME FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84923281661     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: 14243997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4414/smw.2015.14112     Document Type: Article

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