Cervical cancer screening in Europe: Quality assurance and organisation of programmes

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 950-968

  Elfström, K Miriam ^a   Arnheim Dahlström, Lisen ^a   Von Karsa, Lawrence ^b   Dillner, Joakim ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer screening; Guidelines; Health policy; Prevention; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER SCREENING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; ADULT; AGED; ALPHAPAPILLOMAVIRUS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ALPHAPAPILLOMAVIRUS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928966728     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: 18790852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2015.03.008     Document Type: Article

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