Screening history of women with cervical cancer: a 6-year study in Aarhus, Denmark

To identify possible weaknesses in cervical screening in Aarhus County, 10 years after the programme was introduced, screening histories were examined. A major problem for the screening programme was that 31% of women were never screened and 61% under-screened, the latter group being significantly d...

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Autores principales: Ingemann-Hansen, O, Lidang, M, Niemann, I, Dinesen, J, Baandrup, U, Svanholm, H, Petersen, L K
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2008
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Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2359645/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18334971
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6604293
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Sumario:To identify possible weaknesses in cervical screening in Aarhus County, 10 years after the programme was introduced, screening histories were examined. A major problem for the screening programme was that 31% of women were never screened and 61% under-screened, the latter group being significantly dominated by older women and high-stage tumours.

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