Open AccessCervical cancer screening in women referred to healthcare centres in Tabriz, Iran
Author(s) -
Azizeh FarshbafKhalili,
Hanieh SalehiPourmehr,
Mahnaz Shahnazi,
Sina Yaghoubi,
Parvaneh Gahremani-Nasab
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
nigerian medical journal/nigerian medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-774X
pISSN - 0300-1652
DOI - 10.4103/0300-1652.149167
Subject(s) - medicine , cervical cancer , logistic regression , family medicine , health care , cryotherapy , sexual intercourse , cervical cancer screening , gynecology , test (biology) , cancer , obstetrics , population , environmental health , surgery , paleontology , economics , biology , economic growth
Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer among Iranian women and among the few cancers that could be easily diagnosed in the pre-malignant stage. We aimed to assess the status of cervical cancer screening in women referred to health care centres in Tabriz, northwest Iran.