Positive diagnostic values and histological detection ratios from the Rotterdam cervical cancer screening programme
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Positive diagnostic values and histological detection ratios from the Rotterdam cervical cancer screening programme.
BACKGROUND In organized screening programmes for cervical cancer, pre-cancerous lesions are detected by cervical smears. However, during follow-up after a positive smear these pre-cancerous lesions are not always found. The purpose of the study is to analyse positive diagnostic values of smears of at least mild dysplasia, made under the organized screening programmes in the Rotterdam area (1979...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Epidemiology
سال: 1998
ISSN: 1464-3685
DOI: 10.1093/ije/27.3.377