Direct visual inspection for cervical cancer screening
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Cervical Cancer Screening in Developing Countries: Using Visual Inspection Methods.
BACKGROUND Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer among women worldwide. Most diagnoses occur in developing countries where cases are detected in later stages with poorer prognoses. Cervical cancer is a preventable disease; however, most women in developing and resource-limited countries do not have the access to the same methods of cervical cancer screening as women in developed coun...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cancer
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0008-543X,1097-0142
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.20597