Open AccessPrecancerous Cervical Lesions and Associated Factors Among Women Attending Cervical Screening at Adama Hospital Medical College, Central Ethiopia
Author(s) -
Desalegn Merera,
Gebi Husein Jima
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
cancer management and research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.024
H-Index - 40
ISSN - 1179-1322
DOI - 10.2147/cmar.s288398
Subject(s) - medicine , cervical cancer , odds ratio , logistic regression , confounding , obstetrics , gynecology , population , statistical significance , cross sectional study , cancer , environmental health , pathology
Cervical cancer is the third most common form of cancer among women worldwide. Yet it is one of the few cancers that can be detected and prevented at precancerous stage. Even though different studies were conducted in different areas in Ethiopia, the risk factors for cervical precancerous lesions in the Ethiopian setting are not well identified.