Open AccessCervical cytology and the diagnosis of cervical cancer in older women
Author(s) -
Rebecca Landy,
Alejandra Castañón,
N. Dudding,
Anita WW Lim,
Antony Hollingworth,
William Hamilton,
Peter Sasieni
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of medical screening
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.515
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1475-5793
pISSN - 0969-1413
DOI - 10.1177/0969141315598174
Subject(s) - medicine , cytology , cervical cancer , obstetrics , squamous intraepithelial lesion , gynecology , cervical intraepithelial neoplasia , colposcopy , cancer , stage (stratigraphy) , confidence interval , pathology , paleontology , biology
Most non-screen-detected cervical cancers are advanced stage. We assess the potential for cytology to expedite diagnosis when used outside of routine call and recall screening for cervical cancer.
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