Social and cultural barriers to cervical cancer screening.(POEMs and Tips)

Publication: American Family Physician

Publication Date: 01-OCT-05

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Deaths from cervical cancer have been reduced by 90 percent in the United States since the implementation of the Papanicolaou (Pap) smear 60 years ago. Nevertheless, an estimated 11,000 new cases of cervical cancer are diagnosed and 4,000 deaths occur each year from this disease. In approximately one half of new cases, the women report suboptimal screening. Behbakht and colleagues studied behaviors, attitudes,...

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