Trends in cervical cancer and its precursor forms to evaluate screening policies in a mid-sized Northeastern Brazilian city.

Trends in cervical cancer and its precursor forms to evaluate screening policies in a mid-sized Northeastern Brazilian city.

Cervical cancer is a health issue that disproportionately affects developing countries, where the Papanicolaou test (Pap smear) remains an important screening tool. Brazilian government recommendations have focused screening on the female population aged from 25 to 64 years old. In this study, we ex...

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Main Authors: Marcela Sampaio Lima, Érika de Abreu Costa Brito, Hianga Fayssa Fernandes Siqueira, Marceli de Oliveira Santos, Angela Maria da Silva, Marco Antonio Prado Nunes, Hugo Leite de Farias Brito, Marcia Maria Macedo Lima, Rosana Cipolotti, Carlos Anselmo Lima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0233354

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0233354

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