Early detection of cervical cancer with visual inspection methods: A summary of completed and on-going studies in India

Salud Publica de Mexico

Volumn 45, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2003, Pages

  Sankaranarayanan, R ^a   Nene, B M ^b   Dinshaw, K ^c   Rajkumar, R ^d   Shastri, S ^c   Wesley, R ^e   Basu, P ^f   Sharma, R ^g   Thara, S ^e   Budukh, A ^b   Parkin, D M ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^b Barshi District Solapur   (India)

^c TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^d Christian Fellowship Community Health Centre   (India)

^e REGIONAL CANCER CENTRE   (India)

^f CHITTARANJAN NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (India)

^g Bhagwan Mahaveer Cancer Hospital and Research Centre   (India)

Author keywords

Cervix neoplasms control and prevention cytology; India; Screening

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; LUGOL;

CANCER CONTROL; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DNA DETERMINATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; WART VIRUS;

EID: 9144238860     PISSN: 00363634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0036-36342003000900014     Document Type: Review

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