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Cervical smears: a questionable practice?
1Department of Community Health, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
Lancet (London, England)
|July 22, 1989
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.