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Comparative analysis of characteristics of women with cervical cancer in high- versus low-incidence regions.
Gynecologic oncology - 1 Sept 2004
Liu Jihong, Rose Barbara, Huang Xin, Liao Gewang, Carter Jonathan, Wu Xiaojuan, Thompson Carol
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OBJECTIVE: To identify particular characteristics that might help explain the markedly higher rate of invasive cervical cancer in southern China as compared with Australia. METHODS: One hundred eighty-five women with cervical cancer were recruited between 1999 and 2001: 106 from Guangzhou and Changsha (southern China), and 79 from Sydney (southeast Australia). Demographic and risk factor information was obtained...
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