Comparison of Pap Smear and Colposcopy in Screening for Cervical Cancer in Patients with Secondary Immunodeficiency

Introduction: Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer among women worldwide. The sensitivity of conventional Pap smear in detecting cervical lesions before cervical cancer is 51%, which means the false negative value is 49%. The aim of this study was to compare two methods for screening f...

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Main Authors: Mojgan Karimi-zarchi, Leila Zanbagh, Alireza Shafii, Shokouh Taghipour-Zahir, Soraya Teimoori, Pouria Yazdian-Anari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Electronic Physician 2015-11-01
Series:Electronic Physician
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Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4700903/