Factors associated with delayed diagnosis of cervical cancer in Iran - A survey in Isfahan City

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 635-639

  Behnamfar, Fariba ^a   Azadehrah, Mahboobeh ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Delay; Diagnosis; Isfahan, Iran; Pap smear

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOMA, ADENOSQUAMOUS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IRAN; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; CARCINOMA, ADENOSQUAMOUS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; IRAN; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84925423935     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2015.16.2.635     Document Type: Article

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