Ethics of “standard care” in randomised trials of screening for cervical cancer should not ignore scientific evidence and ground realities

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DOI: 10.20529/IJME.2013.074

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Chief, Thoracic Surgery and Professor, Department of Surgical Oncology

Tata Memorial Centre, Parel, Mumbai 400 012

Surendra Shastri ([email protected])

Head, Department of Preventive Oncology,

Tata Memorial Centre, Parel, Mumbai 400 012

Indraneel Mittra ([email protected])

Professor Emeritus, Department of Surgical Oncology

Tata Memorial Centre, Parel, Mumbai 400 012

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