Lead time and down-staging in the survival of cervical cancer cases detected by screening

Prev Med. 2013 Oct;57(4):403. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2013.07.025. Epub 2013 Aug 14.

Authors

Pierre-Antoine Dugué¹, Matejka Rebolj, Elsebeth Lynge

Affiliation

¹ Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Øster Farimagsgade 5, 1014 Copenhagen K, Denmark. Electronic address: pidu@sund.ku.dk.

PMID: 23954186
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2013.07.025

No abstract available

Keywords: Cervical cancer; Early diagnosis of cancer; Epidemiologic methods; Organized screening program.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Female
Humans
Mass Screening / organization & administration*
Patient Acceptance of Health Care*
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / mortality*
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / pathology*