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Inappropriate gold standard bias in cervical cancer screening studies†

  1. Robert G. Pretorius1,‡,§,*,
  2. Yan-Ping Bao2,‡,
  3. Jerome L. Belinson3,
  4. Raoul J. Burchette4,
  5. Jennifer S. Smith5,
  6. You-Lin Qiao2,¶,*

Article first published online: 26 JUL 2007

DOI: 10.1002/ijc.22991

Issue

International Journal of Cancer

International Journal of Cancer

Volume 121, Issue 10, pages 2218–2224, 15 November 2007

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Pretorius, R. G., Bao, Y.-P., Belinson, J. L., Burchette, R. J., Smith, J. S. and Qiao, Y.-L. (2007), Inappropriate gold standard bias in cervical cancer screening studies. Int. J. Cancer, 121: 2218–2224. doi: 10.1002/ijc.22991

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  1. 1

    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, S.C.P.M.G.-Fontana, Fontana, CA

  2. 2

    Cancer Institute/Hospital, Chinese Academy Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

  3. 3

    Department of Gynecology, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH

  4. 4

    Department of Research and Evaluation, S.C.P.M.G., Los Robles, CA

  5. 5

    Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

  1. ‡

    The first two authors contributed equally to this author.

  2. §

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*Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, S.C.P.M.G.-Fontana, 9961 Sierra Ave., Fontana, CA 92335, USA

  1. †

    Participants are from the Shanxi Province Cervical Cancer Screening Study II conducted in Xiangyuan and Yangcheng Counties, Shanxi Province, China.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 25 SEP 2007
  2. Article first published online: 26 JUL 2007
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 21 MAY 2007
  4. Manuscript Received: 11 SEP 2006

Funded by

  • Preventive Oncology International™
  • The Cancer Institute/Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
  • Taussig Cancer Center of The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
  • Goldway Industrial INC, Shenzhen, China

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