Coital risk factors for cervical cancer. Sexual activity among white middle class women

Am J Clin Oncol. 1987 Jun;10(3):222-6. doi: 10.1097/00000421-198706000-00010.

Abstract

This study reports the sexual history of a group of young women participating in an epidemiologic project. The methods used to recruit and interview the participants minimized self-selection bias. Results of over 11,000 interviews with 1,892 participants showed that 72.3% should be considered at high risk for developing cervical cancer and its precursors and should be screened regularly for this disease.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Age Factors
  • California
  • Carcinoma in Situ / etiology*
  • Coitus*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Massachusetts
  • Minnesota
  • Risk
  • Sexual Behavior*
  • Social Class
  • Statistics as Topic
  • Texas
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / etiology*
  • White People