Cancer prevention in primary care: screening for cervical cancer

J Austoker - Bmj, 1994 - bmj.com
Cervical screening has been shown to be effective in several countries, although not by
means of randomised controlled trials. A screening programme has been in operation in the …

Outcomes of screening to prevent cancer: analysis of cumulative incidence of cervical abnormality and modelling of cases and deaths prevented

AE Raffle, B Alden, M Quinn, PJ Babb, MT Brett - Bmj, 2003 - bmj.com
Objective: To determine the frequency of different outcomes in women participating in
cervical screening. Design: Analysis of screening records from 348 419 women, and …

Cervical cancer screening in England

J Patnick - European journal of cancer, 2000 - Elsevier
Cervical screening in England is provided free of charge by the National Health Service to
all women aged 20–64 years. Computerised call and recall was introduced in 1988 and …

PapersEffect of screening on incidence of and mortality from cancer of cervix in England: evaluation based on routinely collected statistics

M Quinn, P Babb, J Jones, E Allen - Bmj, 1999 - bmj.com
Objective: To assess the impact of screening on the incidence of and mortality from cervical
cancer. Design: Comparison of age specific incidence and mortality before and after the …

Cervical cancer screening programme in Finland

A Anttila, P Nieminen - European Journal of Cancer, 2000 - Elsevier
In Finland, the organised screening programme for the prevention of cervical cancer has
been run for over 30 years and has contributed to a 70–80% decrease in the age-adjusted …

Effectiveness of cervical screening with age: population based case-control study of prospectively recorded data

P Sasieni, A Castanon, J Cuzick - Bmj, 2009 - bmj.com
Objective To study the effect of cervical screening on incidence of cervical cancer as a
function of age with particular focus on women screened under the age of 25. Design …

Cervical cancer screening programmes and policies in 18 European countries

A Anttila, G Ronco, G Clifford, F Bray, M Hakama… - British journal of …, 2004 - nature.com
A questionnaire survey was conducted by the Epidemiology Working Group of the European
Cervical Cancer Screening Network, and the International Agency for Research on Cancer …

Adherence to guidelines on cervical cancer screening in general practice: programme elements of successful implementation.

RP Hermens, E Hak, ME Hulscher… - British Journal of …, 2001 - bjgp.org
BACKGROUND: There is still only limited understanding of whether and why interventions to
facilitate the implementation of guidelines for improving primary care are successful. It is …

Attendance for cervical screening—whose problem?

A Eardley, AK Elkind, B Spencer, P Hobbs… - Social science & …, 1985 - Elsevier
Despite the existence of an effective screening technique for cancer of the cervix, incidence
and mortality from this disease have not declined in the United Kingdom. The basic problem …

Monitoring a national cancer prevention program: successful changes in cervical cancer screening in the Netherlands

M Rebolj, M van Ballegooijen… - … journal of cancer, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The success of screening, an important cancer prevention tool, depends on the quality and
efficiency of protocols and guidelines for screening and follow‐up. However, even centrally …