Proposal to institutionalize criteria and quality standards for cervical cancer screening within a health care system

• Main Authors: Salmerón-Castro Jorge (Author), Lazcano Ponce Eduardo César (Author), Pérez Cuevas Ricardo (Author), Río Gómez Iliana del (Author), Torres Torija Irene (Author), Hernández Avila Mauricio (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The uterine cervix is the most common cancer site for females. Approximately 52,000 new cases occur annually in Latin America, thus the need to improve efficiency and effectiveness of Cervical Cancer Screening Programs (CCSP) is mandatory to decrease the unnecessary suffering women must bear. This p...