Smear misclassification in a cervical cancer screening programme
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Screening for cervical cancer by Pap smear.
Between November 1986 and February 1988, 2806 cervical smears were taken from every patient attending the Obstetrics and Gynaecology consulting clinics at The Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) Karachi. Of 2806 smears 2774 (98.9%) were adequate, cytology was positive in 35, a prevalence rate of 12.6 per 1000. The highest incidence was in the age group of 2544 years. Eighty percent patients wit...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Cancer
سال: 1993
ISSN: 0007-0920,1532-1827
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1993.342