title: Cervical cancer screening in primary care: issues and recommendations.
abstract: The essential controversy about cervical cancer screening is not whether or not it should be done, but who should be screened, how often they should be screened, and how to obtain the best sample for the screen. This section highlights these issues, emphasizing the role of the primary care provider in cervical cancer control.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mandelblatt
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D011320:Primary Health Care; D012307:Risk Factors; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014626:Vaginal Smears / Q000191:economics / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods