Improving cervical cancer screening in Mexico: results from the Morelos HPV Study Mejorando la detección oportuna del cáncer cervical en México: resultados del Estudio de VPH en Morelos

Improving cervical cancer screening in Mexico: results from the Morelos HPV Study Mejorando la detección oportuna del cáncer cervical en México: resultados del Estudio de VPH en Morelos

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this paper is to describe some of the results of the Morelos HPV Study. The main objective of the Morelos HPV Study is to evaluate the use of human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA testing, as compared to the Papanicolaou (Pap) test, for cervical cancer (CC) screening. MATERIAL AND...

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Main Authors: Yvonne Flores, David Bishai, Eduardo Lazcano, Keerti Shah, Attila Lörincz, Mauricio Hernández, Jorge Salmerón, Daron Ferris, Pilar Hernández, Mark E Sherman, Brigitte M Ronnett, Enrique Carmona, Alfredo Antúnez, Horacio Manzanares, Mario Uribe, Ricardo Pérez-Cuevas, Ahideé Leyva, Elsa Yunes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública 2003-01-01
Series:Salud Pública de México
Subjects:
cáncer cervical
tamizaje
prueba del VPH
Papanicolaou
cervical cancer
screening
HPV testing
Pap
Online Access:http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-36342003000900013

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