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Cervical Cancer
New cervical cancer findings from Johns Hopkins University described
April 2nd, 2009
According to a study from the United States, "Obese women are at an increased risk of death from cervical cancer, but the explanation for this is unknown. Through our systematic review, we sought to determine whether obesity is associated with cervical cancer screening and whether this association differs by race." "We identified original articles evaluating the relationship between body weight and Papanicolaou ( Pap) testing in the United States through electronic (PubMed, CINAHL, and the Cochrane Library) and manual searching. We excluded studies in special populations or those not written in English. Two reviewers sequentially extracted study data and independently...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2009-04-02)
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