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Cervical smears: a questionable practice?

J S McCormick1.   

Abstract

Screening for carcinoma of the cervix by cervical smears satisfies none of the criteria which would provide its justification. It is an expensive contribution to ill health because the harms exceed the possible benefits by a substantial margin.

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Year:  1989        PMID： 2568532     DOI： 10.1016/s0140-6736(89)90384-x

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Lancet        ISSN： 0140-6736            Impact factor:   79.321


  14 in total

1.  Predicting mortality from cervical cancer.

Authors:  C M Anderson
Journal:  BMJ       Date:  1992-10-03

Review 2.  Abnormal cervical smear test results: old dilemmas and new directions.

Authors:  C Wilkinson
Journal:  Br J Gen Pract       Date:  1992-08       Impact factor: 5.386

3.  Review of an Irish cervical smear service.

Authors:  J Dolan; E Ryan; M Thornhill; B Curran; M Leader
Journal:  Ir J Med Sci       Date:  1990-08       Impact factor: 1.568

4.  James Mackenzie lecture 1989. Reactive and proactive care: a crisis.

Authors:  J T Hart
Journal:  Br J Gen Pract       Date:  1990-01       Impact factor: 5.386

5.  Anxiety caused by abnormal result of cervical smear test: a controlled trial.

Authors:  C Wilkinson; J M Jones; J McBride
Journal:  BMJ       Date:  1990-02-17

Review 6.  Understanding the uptake of cervical cancer screening: the contribution of the health belief model.

Authors:  S J Gillam
Journal:  Br J Gen Pract       Date:  1991-12       Impact factor: 5.386

Review 7.  Screening for presymptomatic disease.

Authors:  F V Flynn
Journal:  J Clin Pathol       Date:  1991-07       Impact factor: 3.411

8.  Scientific medicine: The contribution of science to medicine.

Authors:  J McCormick
Journal:  Occas Pap R Coll Gen Pract       Date:  2001-07

9.  A clinical review of cervicography.

Authors:  M J Turner; B M Byrne; G Flannelly; P Maguire; P M Lenehan; J F Murphy
Journal:  Ir J Med Sci       Date:  1990-02       Impact factor: 1.568

10.  The value of primary colposcopy in genitourinary medicine--a six year review.

Authors:  T R Moss; J Hawkswell; B Fogarty; C Dadswell
Journal:  Genitourin Med       Date:  1994-06
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