title: HPV & age-appropriate cervical cancer prevention for adolescents.
abstract: Over the last decade, new information about human papillomavirus infection has increased the healthcare community's understanding of the natural history of the disease and cervical cancer. Advances in screening, management, and diagnosis continue to refine clinicians' efforts to prevent cervical cancer in adolescent females.
authors.affiliation: Saint Louis University School of Nursing, St. Louis, MO, USA.
authors.forename: Elizabeth A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Kostas-Polston
authors.forename: Versie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Johnson-Mallard
authors.forename: Nancy R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Berman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D003267:Contraception / Q000379:methods; D004279:DNA, Viral; D055088:Early Detection of Cancer; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D030361:Papillomavirus Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy / Q000821:virology*; D014626:Vaginal Smears; D055815:Young Adult; D002578:Uterine Cervical Dysplasia / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy / Q000821:virology
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral