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Resources

2022

Thermal Ablation Treatment for Cervical Precancer (Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia Grade 2 or Higher [CIN2+]).

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Soler M, Masch R, Saidu R, Cremer M.

Methods Mol Biol. 2022;2394:867-882. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1811-0_46.

Cervical Cancer Prevention in El Salvador: Gains to Date and Challenges for the Future.

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Alfaro K, Soler M, Maza M, Flores M, López L, Rauda JC, Chacón A, Erazo P, Villatoro N, Mumenthaler E, Masch R, Conzuelo G, Felix JC, Cremer M.

Cancers (Basel). 2022 Jun 3;14(11):2776. doi: 10.3390/cancers14112776.

Safety and Acceptability of Three Ablation Treatments for High-Grade Cervical Precancer: Early Data From a Randomized Noninferiority Clinical Trial.

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Soler M, Alfaro K, Masch RJ, Conzuelo Rodriguez G, Qu X, Wu S, Sun J, Hernández Jovel DM, Bonilla J, Puentes LO, Murillo R, Alonzo TA, Felix JC, Castle P, Cremer M.

JCO Glob Oncol. 2022 Dec;8:e2200112. doi: 10.1200/GO.22.00112.

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2021

Reply to: Comments on Cervical cancer prevention in El Salvador: A prospective evaluation of screening and triage strategies incorporating high-resolution microendoscopy to detect cervical precancer.

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Parra SG, López-Orellana LM, Molina Duque AR, et al.

International journal of cancer. 2021;149(4):969-971. doi:10.1002/IJC.33586

Multisite Clinical Validation of Isothermal Amplification-Based SARS-CoV-2 Detection Assays Using Different Sampling Strategies.

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Desai KT, Alfaro K, Mendoza L, et al.

Microbiology spectrum. 2021;9(2):e0084621. doi:10.1128/Spectrum.00846-21

Removing global barriers to cervical cancer prevention and moving towards elimination.

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Alfaro K, Maza M, Cremer M, Masch R, Soler M.

Nature reviews Cancer. 2021;21(10):607-608. doi:10.1038/S41568-021-00396-4

Cervical Cancer Screening in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. JAMA.

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Cremer M, Alfaro K, Masch R.

JAMA. 2021;325(8):789-790. doi:10.1001/JAMA.2020.25214

Cervical Cancer Screening in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.

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Cremer M, Alfaro K, Masch R.

JAMA. 2021 Feb 23;325(8):790. doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.25214.

2020

Cervical Cancer Screening with Human Papillomavirus Self-Sampling Among Transgender Men in El Salvador

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Mauricio Maza, Mario Meléndez, Alejandra Herrera, Xavier Hernández, Bryan Rodríguez, Montserrat Soler, Karla Alfaro, Rachel Masch, Gabriel Conzuelo-Rodríguez, Juno Obedin-Maliver, and Miriam Cremer

LGBT Health 2020 7:4, 174-181. https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/lgbt.2019.0202

Outcomes for Step-Wise Implementation of a Human Papillomavirus Testing–Based Cervical Screen-and-Treat Program in El Salvador

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Karla Alfaro, Mauricio Maza, Juan C. Felix, Julia C. Gage, Philip E. Castle, Todd A. Alonzo, Andrea Chacón, Enrique González, Montserrat Soler, Gabriel Conzuelo-Rodriguez, Rachel Masch, and Miriam Cremer

JCO Global Oncology 2020 :6, 1519-1530. https://ascopubs.org/doi/full/10.1200/GO.20.00206

The cost-effectiveness of human papillomavirus self-collection among cervical cancer screening non-attenders in El Salvador.

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Campos NG, Alfaro K, Maza M, Sy S, Melendez M, Masch R, Soler M, Conzuelo-Rodriguez G, Gage JC, Alonzo TA, Castle PE, Felix JC, Cremer M, Kim JJ. Prev Med. 2020 Feb;131:105931. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2019.105931. Epub 2019 Nov 23.

PMID: 31765712 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31765712/

 

Development of Low-Cost Point-of-Care Technologies for Cervical Cancer Prevention Based on a Single-Board Computer.

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Parra S, Carranza E, Coole J, Hunt B, Smith C, Keahey P, Maza M, Schmeler K, Richards-Kortum R.

IEEE J Transl Eng Health Med. 2020 Feb 3;8:4300210. doi: 10.1109/JTEHM.2020.2970694. eCollection 2020.

PMID: 32190430 Free PMC article.

Cervical cancer prevention in El Salvador: A prospective evaluation of screening and triage strategies incorporating high-resolution microendoscopy to detect cervical precancer.

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Parra SG, López-Orellana LM, Molina Duque AR, Carns JL, Schwarz RA, Smith CA, Ortiz Silvestre M, Diaz Bazan S, Escobar PA, Felix JC, Ramalingam P, Castle PE, Cremer ML, Maza M, Schmeler KM, Richards-Kortum RR.

Int J Cancer. 2020 Dec 24. doi: 10.1002/ijc.33454. Online ahead of print.

PMID: 33368249 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33368249/

2019

The Cost-Effectiveness of Implementing HPV Testing for Cervical Cancer Screening in El Salvador

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Campos NG, Maza M, Alfaro K, Gage JC, Castle PE, Felix JC, Masch R, Cremer M, Kim JJ

https://obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ijgo.12773

The Cost-Effectiveness of Human Papillomavirus Self-Collection Among Cervical Cancer Screening Non- Attenders in El Salvador.

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Campos NG, Alfaro K, Maza M, Sy S, Melendez M, Masch R, Soler M, Conzuelo-Rodriguez G, Gage JC, Alonzo TA, Castle PE, Felix JC, Cremer M, Kim JJ

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/ S0091743519304141?via%3Dihub

Evaluation of Two Alternative Ablation Treatments for Cervical Pre-Cancer Against Standard Gas-Based Cryotherapy: A Randomized Non-Inferiority Study

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Cremer M, Alfaro K, Garai J, Salinas M, Maza M, Zevallos A, Taxa L, Diaz AC, Castle P, Alonzo TA, Masch R, Soler M, Conzuelo-Rodriguez G, Gage JC, Felix JC

https://ijgc.bmj.com/content/29/5/851.long

Case Study 12A: Adopting the PREVENTABLE Model: A Multistep Approach to Changing a Secondary Cervical Cancer Prevention Paradigm in El Salvador

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Mauricio Maza, Karla Alfaro, Julia C. Gage, Miriam Cremer

2018

Acceptability of self-sampling and human papillomavirus testing among non-attenders of cervical cancer screening programs in El Salvador

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M.Maza, M.Melendez, R. Masch, K.Alfaro, A. Chacon, E. Gonzalez, M. Soler, G. Conzuelo-Rodriguez, J.C. Cage, T. A, Alonzo, P.E. Castle, J.C. Feliz, M. Cremer PDF Version

Depth of Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia Grade 3 in Peruvian Women: Implications for Therapeutic Depth of Necrosis.

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Taxa, L., Jeronimo, J., Alonzo, T. A., Gage, J., Castle, P. E., Cremer, M. L., & Felix, J. C. (2018).

Tract Disease, 22(1), 27-30.

https://journals.lww.com/jlgtd/Abstract/2018/01000/Depth_of_Cervical_Intraepithelial_Neoplasia_Grade.6.aspx

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Effects of Maintenance on Quality of Performance of Cryotherapy Devices for Treatment of Precancerous Cervical Lesions

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Maza M, Figueroa R, Laskow B, Juárez A, Alfaro K, Alonzo TA, Felix JC, Gage JC, Cremer M.

Dis. 2018 Jan;22(1):47-51.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29271857

2017

Cervical cancer prevention in El Salvador (CAPE) – An HPV testing-based demonstration project: Changing the secondary prevention paradigm in a lower middle-income country

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Mauricio Maza, Karla Alfaro, Jillian Garai, Mario Morales Velado, Julia C. Gage, Philip E. Castle,Juan Felix, Silvana Luciani, Nicole Campos, Jane Kim, Rachel Masch, Miriam Cremer.

https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S235257891730022X

Scale-Up of an Human Papillomavirus Testing Implementation Program in El Salvador.

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Cremer M, Maza M, Alfaro K, Morales Velado M, Felix J, Castle PE, Kim J, Gage JC.

J Low Genit. Tract Dis. 2017 Jan; 21(1): 26-32.

https://dash.harvard.edu/bitstream/handle/1/30371132/5201413.pdf?sequence

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First published: June 2017. A pilot study of community – based self sampling for HPV testing among non-attenders of cervical cancer screening programs in El Salvador.

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Bari Laskow, Ruben Figueroa, Karla Alfaro, Isabel C. Scarinci, Elizabeth Conlisk, Mauricio Maza, Judy C. Chang, Miriam Cremer.

https://obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ijgo.12204

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Advancing access and equity: the vision of a new generation in cancer control. Published: February 2017.

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Elizabeth Ayoo, Afsan Bhadelia, Runcie C W Chidebe, Temidayo Fadelu, Cristian A Herrera, Han Win Htun, Nauman Arif Jadoon, Oluwafunmilola W James, Leana May, Mauricio Maza, Mellany Murgor, Yetty M Nency, Chukwuma Oraegbunam, Mandi Pratt-Chapman, Xiaojian Qin, Danielle Rodin, Neha Tripathi, Zoe Wainer, Mei Ling Yap.

http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045(17)30041-4/abstract

Cervical cancer prevention and treatment in Latin America

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Melissa S. Lopez MS, Ellen S. Baker MD, MPH , Mauricio Maza MD, MPH, Georgia Fontes‐Cintra MD, Aldo Lopez, Juan M. Carvajal MD, Fernanda Nozar MD, Veronica Fiol MD, Kathleen M. Schmeler MD.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jso.24544

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2016

Cervical cancer screening in the United States – affiliated pacific islands: Options and opportunities.

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Waxman, A., Buenconsejo-Lum, L., Cremer, M., Feldman, S., Ault, K., Cain, J., & Diaz, L. (2016).

Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease, 20(1), 97

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26704332

Adherence to recommended follow-up care after high-grade cytology in El Salvador.

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Mauricio Maza, Susan Matesanz, Karla Alfaro, Todd A Alonzo, Rachel Masch, Susana Calderon, Jose Velis, Roxanne Jamshidi, Miriam Cremer.

International Journal of Healthcare Online Published: May 5, 2016

http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/ijh.v2n2p31

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Introducing a High-Risk HPV DNA Test Into a Public Sector Screening Program in El Salvador.

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Cremer ML, Maza M, Alfaro KM, Kim JJ, Ditzian LR, Villalta S, Alonzo TA, Felix JC, Castle PE, Gage JC.

J Low Genit Tract Dis. 2016 Apr;20(2):145-50

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4819528/

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A Non–Gas-Based Cryotherapy System for the Treatment of Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia: A Mixed-Methods Approach for Initial Development and Testing.

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Miriam Cremer,a,b Proma Paul,b,c Katie Bergman,b Michael Haas,d,e Mauricio Maza,b Albert Zevallos,f Miguel Ossandon,g Jillian D Garai,b Jennifer L Winklerb,h PDF Version

Cervical Precancer Treatment in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Technology Overview

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Mauricio Maza, Celina M. Schocken, Katherine L. Bergman, Thomas C. Randall, and Miriam L. Cremer.

http://ascopubs.org/doi/pdf/10.1200/JGO.2016.003731

Project ECHO: A Telementoring Program for Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment in Low-Resource Settings

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Melissa S. Lopez, Ellen S. Baker, Andrea M. Milbourne, Rose M. Gowen, Ana M. Rodriguez, Cesaltina Lorenzoni, Catherine Mwaba, Susan Citonje Msadabwe, José Humberto Tavares, Georgia Fontes-Cintra, Gustavo Zucca-Matthes, Donato Callegaro-Filho, Danielle Ramos-Martin, Icaro Thiago de Carvalho, Robson Coelho, Renato Moretti Marques, Thiago Chulam, Mila Pontremoli-Salcedo, Fernanda Nozar, Veronica Fiol, Mauricio Maza, Sanjeev Arora, Ernest T. Hawk, and Kathleen M. Schmeler.

http://ascopubs.org/doi/pdf/10.1200/JGO.2016.005504

2015

The comparative and cost-effectiveness of HPV-based cervical cancer screening algorithms in El Salvador

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Nicole G. Campos, Mauricio Maza, Karla Alfaro, Julia C. Gage, Philip E. Castle, Juan C. Felix,Miriam L. Cremer, Jane J. Kim .

 Int J Cancer. 2015 Aug 15;137(4):893-902.

https://einstein.pure.elsevier.com/en/publications/the-comparative-and-cost-effectiveness-of-hpv-based-cervical-canc

Factors affecting attendance to cervical cancer screening among women in the Paracentral Region of El Salvador: a nested study within the CAPE HPV screening program

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Alfaro KM, Gage JC, Rosenbaum AJ, Ditzian LR, Maza M, Scarinci IC, Miranda E, Villalta S, Felix JC, Castle PE, Cremer ML.

BMC Public Health. 2015 Oct 16;15(1):1058.

https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-015-2360-7

2014

“Comparison of Depth of Necrosis Using Cryotherapy by Gas and Number of Freeze Cycles.”

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Cremer M, Ditzian L, Winkler JL, Jerónimo J, Singleton J, Franco HV, Maza M, Conlisk E, Gage J, Castle P, Santos C.

Journal of Lower Genital Tract Infection. 2014 May. PMID:24886871

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24886871

“Acceptability of self-collected versus provider-collected sampling for HPV DNA testing among women in rural El Salvador.”

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Rosenbaum AJ, Gage JC, Alfaro KM, Ditzian LR, Maza M, Scarinci IC, Felix JC, Castle PE, Villalta S, Miranda E, Cremer ML.

International Journal Gynecology and Obstetrics. 2014 May. PMID: 24880188

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24880188

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“Evaluation of a low-cost liquid-based Pap test in rural El Salvador: a split-sample study.”

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Guo J, Cremer M, Maza M, Alfaro K, Felix JC.

Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease. 2014 April; 18(2):151-5. PMID: 24270191

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24270191

Evaluation of a Low-Cost Liquid-Based Pap Test in Rural El Salvador: A Split Sample Study

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Jin Guo, MD, Miriam Cremer, MD, MPH, Mauricio Maza, MD, Karla Alfaro, MD, Juan Felix, MD

Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease 2014 Apr; 18(2):151-5

https://journals.lww.com/jlgtd/Abstract/2014/04000/Evaluation_of_a_Low_Cost_Liquid_Based_Pap_Test_in.9.aspx

2013

“Human papillomavirus testing in cervical cancer screening.”

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Castle PE, Cremer M.

Obstetrics & Gynecology Clinics of North America. 2013 June; 40(2):377-90. PMID: 23732037

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23732037

2012

World health Organization Steering Committee for Recommendations on Use of Cryotherapy for Cervical Cancer Prevention.”World Health Organization Guidelines: Use of cryotherapy for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia.”

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Santesso N, Schünemann H, Blumenthal P, De Vuyst H, Gage J, Garcia F, Jeronimo J, Lu R, Luciani S, Quek SC, Awad T, Broutet N;

International Journal Gynecology and Obstetrics. 2012 Aug;118(2):97-102

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22727415

2011

Knowledge and attitudes about intrauterine devices among women’s health care providers in El Salvador.

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Hohmann HL, Cremer ML, Gonzalez E, Maza M.

Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2011 Mar;29(3):198-202.

http://iris.paho.org/xmlui/handle/123456789/9552

Adequacy of visual inspection with acetic acid in women of advancing age.

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Cremer M, Conlisk E, Maza M, Bullard K, Peralta E, Siedhoff M, Alonzo T, Felix J.

Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2011 Apr;113(1):68-71.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0020729210005850

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Cervical cancer screening and treatment training course in El Salvador: experience and lessons learned.

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Masch R, Ditzian LR, April AK, Maza M, Peralta E, Cremer ML.

J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2011 Sep;20(9):1357-61. Epub 2011 Jul 28.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/51529115_Cervical_Cancer_Screening_and_Treatment_Training_Course_in_El_Salvador_Experience_and_Lessons_Learned

Cervical Cancer Screening and Treatment Training Course in El Salvador: Experience and Lessons Learned

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Cervical cancer screening in low- and middle-income countries.

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Ditzian LR, David-West G, Maza M, Hartmann B, Shirazian T, Cremer M.

Mt Sinai J Med. 2011 May-Jun;78(3):319-26. doi: 10.1002/msj.20263.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/msj.20263?globalMessage=0

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2010 and older

“Acceptability of the intrauterine device among women in El Salvador.”

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Raegan McDonald-Mosley, Kameelah Philips, Lauren Ditzian, Miriam Cremer.

International Journal of Gynaecology and Obstetrics. 2010 Feb;108(2):155-7.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/38074425_Acceptability_of_the_intrauterine_device_among_women_in_El_Salvador

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“Digital assessment of the reproductive tract versus colposcopy for directing biopsies in women with abnormal Pap smears.”

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Cremer ML, Peralta EI, Dheming SG, Jimenez ME, Davis-Dao CA, Alonzo TA, Blumenthal PD, Felix JC.

Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease. 2010 Jan;14(1):5-10.

https://journals.lww.com/jlgtd/Abstract/2010/01000/Digital_Assessment_of_the_Reproductive_Tract.2.aspx

HPV Vaccine acceptability in Latino parents: comparing a US and a Salvadoran population, publication pending

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R. Podolsky, BA, M. Cremer, MD, MPH, J. Atrio, MD, A.A. Arslan, MD,

Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19646665

“HPV screening for cervical cancer in rural India.”

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Cremer ML, Conlisk E, Felix JC.

New England Journal of Medicine. 2009 Jul 16;361(3):305; author reply 306.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19610157

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“Age at menopause in rural El Salvador.”

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Borchelt AM, Conlisk E, Cremer M

Journal of Lower Genital Tract Infection. 2008 Oct;12(4):282-6.

https://journals.lww.com/jlgtd/Abstract/2008/10000/Effect_of_Cervicitis_on_Visual_Inspection_With.5.aspx

 

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“Exploring Factors in the Decision to Choose Sterilization vs Alternatives in Rural El Salvador.”

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Miriam L. Cremer, MD, MPH; Erica Holland, BA; Maritza Monterroza, MA; Sonia Duran, MPH; Rameet Singh, MD, MPH; Heather Terbell, MD; Alison Edelman, MD, MPH.

Medscape Journal of Medicine. 2008;10(8):183.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2562046/

“Prevalence and risk factors for pelvic floor symptoms in women in rural El Salvador.”

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Özel, B, AM Borchelt, FM Cimino and M Cremer.

International Urogynecology Journal. 2007 (18) 9: 1065-69.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00192-006-0292-6

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“Satisfaction with tubal ligation in rural El Salvador

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Cremer, M; Terbell, H; Duran, S; Singh, R; Edelman, A.

Obstetrics & Gynecology. 2006; 107: 13S

“Digital camera assessment for detection of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia in rural El Salvador.”

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Cremer M, Jamshidi R, Muderspach L, Blumentahl P, Felix J.

International Journal Gynecology and Obstetrics. 2005 (91) 42.

https://obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1016/j.ijgo.2005.05.015

“Liquid-based cytologic specimen studies to screen for cervical dysplasia in rural El Salvador.”

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Cremer, M, DeLas Casas L, Hoerl D, Kurtyz D, Schink JC.

International Journal Gynecology and Obstetrics. 2005 (90) 167-70

https://obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1016/j.ijgo.2005.04.009

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