Effectiveness of national cervical cancer screening programme in Taiwan: 12-year experiences

BACKGROUND: We examined cervical cancer incidence before and after nationwide cervical cancer screening was initiated in Taiwan in mid-1995. RESULTS: The invasive cancer incidence decreased by 47.8% during 1995–2006. The carcinoma in situ incidence increased 1.7-fold during 1995–2000, and decreased...

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Autores principales: Chen, Y-Y, You, S-L, Chen, C-A, Shih, L-Y, Koong, S-L, Chao, K-Y, Hsiao, M-L, Hsieh, C-Y, Chen, C-J
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2009
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Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2713714/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19536091
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6605139
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: We examined cervical cancer incidence before and after nationwide cervical cancer screening was initiated in Taiwan in mid-1995. RESULTS: The invasive cancer incidence decreased by 47.8% during 1995–2006. The carcinoma in situ incidence increased 1.7-fold during 1995–2000, and decreased by 19.6% during 2000–2006. CONCLUSION: The Taiwan national programme has significantly decreased invasive cervical cancer.

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