Advancing Age and Cervical Cancer Screening and Prognosis

200166 citationsJournal Article

Authors

George F. Sawaya · University of California, San Francisco

Hai‐Yen Sung · Kaiser Permanente

Kathleen A. Kearney · Kaiser Permanente

M. Miller · Kaiser Permanente

Walter Kinney · Kaiser Permanente

Robert A. Hiatt · Kaiser Permanente

Jeanne S. Mandelblatt

Abstract

The disproportionate burden of cervical cancer observed in older women appears to be largely attributable to lack of screening within the 3 years before diagnosis.

Topics & Keywords

Cervical Cancer and HPV Research Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volume 49, Issue 11, pp. 1499-1504

DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2001.4911243.x

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