Open AccessSystematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Individual Patient Data to Assess the Sensitivity of Cervical Cytology for Diagnosis of Cervical Cancer in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Author(s) -
Alejandra Castañón,
Rebecca Landy,
Dimitrios Michalopoulos,
Roshni Bhudia,
Hannah Leaver,
You Lin Qiao,
Fen Zhao,
Peter Sasieni
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of global oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.002
H-Index - 17
ISSN - 2378-9506
DOI - 10.1200/jgo.2016.008011
Subject(s) - medicine , cervical cancer , cytology , squamous intraepithelial lesion , colposcopy , meta analysis , cancer , cervical intraepithelial neoplasia , gynecology , cervical screening , oncology , obstetrics , pathology
To assess the sensitivity of cervical cytology to cancer by pooling individual patient cytology results from cancers diagnosed in studies that assessed cervical screening in low- and middle-income countries.