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The role of nursing in cervical cancer prevention and treatment

  1. Linda White Hilton R.N., M.S.N.1,†,*,
  2. Kathleen Jennings-Dozier Ph.D., M.P.H.2,
  3. Patricia K. Bradley Ph.D., R.N., C.S.3,
  4. Suzy Lockwood-Rayermann R.N., Ph.D.4,
  5. Yvette DeJesus M.S.N., R.N., A.O.C.N.5,
  6. Diane L. Stephens B.S.N., M.S.N.6,
  7. Karen Rabel B.S.N., M.S.N., A.P.N.7,
  8. Judith Sandella R.N.C., N.P., M.S.8,
  9. Alma Sbach R.N., M.S.N., C.S., F.N.P.8,
  10. Catarina Widmark R.N., R.M.9

Article first published online: 22 OCT 2003

DOI: 10.1002/cncr.11677

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Cancer

Cancer

Special Issue: Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Cervical Cancer

Supplement: Second International Conference on Cervical Cancer

Volume 98, Issue Supplement S9, pages 2070–2074, 1 November 2003

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Hilton, L. W., Jennings-Dozier, K., Bradley, P. K., Lockwood-Rayermann, S., DeJesus, Y., Stephens, D. L., Rabel, K., Sandella, J., Sbach, A. and Widmark, C. (2003), The role of nursing in cervical cancer prevention and treatment. Cancer, 98: 2070–2074. doi: 10.1002/cncr.11677

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  1. 1

    Office of the Special Assistant to the President for Patient Affairs, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas

  2. 2

    Department of Nursing Programs, College of Nursing and Health Professions, Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania and Hahnemann Medical College, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  3. 3

    College of Nursing, Villanova University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  4. 4

    Harris School of Nursing, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas

  5. 5

    Practice Outcomes Program, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas

  6. 6

    Nursing Education Office, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas

  7. 7

    Office of Protocol Research, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas

  8. 8

    Center for Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas

  9. 9

    Department of Nursing, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

  1. †

    Fax: (713) 745-4729

*Office of the Special Assistant to the President for Patient Affairs, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd., Unit 351, Houston, TX

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 22 OCT 2003
  2. Article first published online: 22 OCT 2003
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 21 JAN 2003
  4. Manuscript Received: 31 OCT 2002

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