Profile of women with cervical changes from a city in the Northeast Brazil

• Main Authors: Thamyres Fernanda M. Pedrosa (Author), Sérgio D. Magalhães Filho (Author), Adrya Lúcia Peres (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Patologia Clínica, 2019-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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ABSTRACT Introduction: In Brazil, cervical cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer death. It reached 5,430 deaths in the year 2013, with estimated 16,370 new cases by 2018. Its occurrence has been associated with previous human papillomavirus (HPV) infection for the development of intraepitheli...