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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-11-7
pubmed:abstractText
The view that nuns have a very low risk of cervical cancer is questioned. The historical evidence for this view is reviewed, from the beginning of the eighteenth century to the present. An estimate of the actual mortality rate from cervical cancer suggests that risk of death from this neoplasm among nuns is little different from that among the general female population. It is recommended that nuns should not be excluded from cervical cytology screening. When symptoms which might suggest cervical cancer arise in such women, full gynaecological assessment is necessary.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0306-5456
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
98
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
797-802
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
'Nuns, virgins, and spinsters'. Rigoni-Stern and cervical cancer revisited.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Wexham Park Hospital, Slough, Berks.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article