Cancer screening may be offered to a population opportunistically, as part of an organized
program, or as some combination of the preceding two options. Organized screening is …

Background Data on the impact of abnormal cervical smear results on health‐related quality
of life (HrQoL) are scarce. We aimed to (i) prospectively assess the HrQoL of women who …

Objective: The objective of this study was to investigate the psychosocial consequences of
receiving false-positive colorectal cancer (CRC) screening results, following a positive …

Background Cervical cancer is the most common cancer in women in Ghana, but knowledge
and experience of women who have had cervical screening is under-evaluated. This study …

Objective: Among the low cost alternative screening tests Visual Inspection after Acetic Acid
Application (VIA) has been found to be most promising. The objective of the present study …

Objective. To describe women's barriers to cervical screening by asking about their
experience with and knowledge of smear tests and by examining the women's contact and …

Costs and benefits of cervical screening IV: valuation by women of the cervical screening
programme Objectives: To assess the value of the cervical smear test to women, taking …

Three hundred and seven valid non-users and 307 matched users of cervical screening
were interviewed about who they would prefer to take the smear test, where it was carried …

Background Although it is recognised that some women experience pain or bleeding during
a cervical cytology test, few studies have quantified physical after-effects of these tests. Aim …

Over 3 million women in England have a smear test each year, and many of them will
require further investigation and possibly treatment. The adverse psychological …