Birgitte Tønnes Pedersen

1 INTRODUCTION Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women worldwide, it has an early onset and is one of the most frequent cancers in women younger than 45 years.1 Cervical cancer is predominantly the result of a persistent infection with carcinogenic human papillomavirus (HPV) genotypes2 and is preventable through vaccination, screening, and treatment of precursor lesions.3 Countries with organized screening programs with high population coverage has reduced cervical cancer...

The use of appropriate growth standards/references is of significant clinical importance in assessing the height of children with short stature as it may determine eligibility for appropriate therapy. The aim of this study was to determine the impact of using World Health Organization (WHO) instead of national growth standards/references on height assessment in short children.