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Global Cervical Cancer Screening

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What Every Woman Should Know about Cervical Cancer

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The purpose of cervical cancer screening among healthy – asymptomatic – women is to detect the presence of lesions that could be developed into cervical cancer, and to remove them; thus, providing cure from cancer. Ultimately, cervical cancer screening test is saving lives of women in fertile periods.

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  1. Global Academy for Women’s Health, Inc., Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD, USA

    Nenad Markovic M.D., Ph.D

  2. Education Global Academy for Women’s Health, Inc., Rockville, MD, USA

    Olivera Markovic M.D., Ph.D

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Markovic, N., Markovic, O. (2016). Global Cervical Cancer Screening. In: What Every Woman Should Know about Cervical Cancer. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-7560-1_5

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