BACKGROUND Though cervical cancer incidence has dramatically decreased in resource rich regions due to the implementation of universal screening programs, it remains one of the most common cancers affecting women worldwide and has one of the highest mortality rates. The vast majority of cervical cancer-related deaths are among women that have never been screened. Prior to implementation of a sc...

background: the accuracy of diagnostic assays in human papillomavirus (hpv) genital infection and cervical cancer has remained a clinical challenge in diagnosis.  evidence indicates that a large proportion of cervical cancer can be prevented through organized care for hpv and testing. countries with low per capita income, such as iran and its neighbours, have no national organized program for c...

INTRODUCTION Cervical cancer is the third most common cancer among women worldwide, with about 500,000 new patients diagnosed and over 250,000 deaths every year. Cervical cancer screening offers protective benefits and is associated with a reduction in the incidence of invasive cervical cancer and cervical cancer mortality. But there is very low participation rate in screening for cervical canc...

Background: Cervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in Botswana. More than two-thirds of cases occur in HIV-infected women, in a nation with a high HIV prevalence of 17%. Even though cancer screening is free in health facilities, cervical cancer screening is low. The objective of this study was to assess the knowledge and attitudes of University of Botswana female students on cerv...

Cervical cancer was the second most common cancer of women in Thailand after breast cancer. Incidence of cervical cancer in Thailand was 23.4 in 100,000 (Ferlay et al., 1998). Cervical cancer mortality rate was rising from 0.66 0.94% between 2011 and 2014 (Department of Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health, 2015). Cervical cancer is preventable by screening for precancerous lesions. Avail...

OBJECTIVES Despite the possibility of early detection of cervical cancer, participation in screening programmes among young Koreans is low. We sought to identify associations between risk factors and participation in screening for cervical cancer among young Koreans. DESIGN Nationwide cross-sectional study. SETTING Republic of Korea. PARTICIPANTS 3734. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES The Korea Na...

Objective: To find out the knowledge, attitude and practice regarding cervical cancer screening among women. Materials and methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study design was used to collect data from 96 women. Each woman was selected alternately from Gynae Out-Patient Department of Teaching Hospital. Data was collected by using semi-structured interview schedule to find out knowledge and p...

INTRODUCTION Cervical cancer is one of the commonest cancers in women worldwide. Despite the existence of effective screening using Pap smear, the uptake of screening is poor. A qualitative study was undertaken using face-to-face in-depth interviews to investigate knowledge, attitudes and beliefs on cervical cancer screening of Malaysian women. METHODS In-depth interviews were conducted with ...

Background Cervical cancer screening is one of the most important public health interventions for cervical prevention, yet awareness among Pakistani medical students and doctors alarmingly low. Objective: to provide an in-depth understanding attitudes towards Methodology: A systematic review literature was conducted, qualitative quantitative findings from studies conducted between January 2010 ...

BACKGROUND Regional Cervical Screening Quality Assurance Reference Centres maintain and improve the quality of their local cervical screening programmes by monitoring standards based on a range of outcome measures. The classification of invasive cervical cancer screening histories can aid the interpretation of cervical cancer incidence trends in cervical screening services. METHODS Cervical c...