Are uninsured women in a national screening program having longer intervals between cervical cancer screening tests?
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Increased cervical cancer risk associated with screening at longer intervals.
The 2012 national recommendations for cervical cancer screening will produce a lower level of cervical cancer protection than previously afforded by annual cytology or 3-year cotesting. After a single negative cotest result, the risk of cervical cancer is twice as large at 5 years as it is at 3 years. Modeling published since the 2012 guidelines were drafted indicates that extending the cotesti...
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عنوان ژورنال: Preventive Medicine
سال: 2020
ISSN: 0091-7435
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2020.106078