Cost-effectiveness Analysis of Cervical Cancer Screening Strategies Based on the Papanicolaou Smear Test in Korea
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Cost-effectiveness analysis of cervical cancer screening strategies based on the Papanicolaou smear test in Korea.
BACKGROUND Despite the increasing number of screening examinations performed for cervical cancer utilizing the Papanicolaou smear test (Pap test), few studies have examined whether this strategy is cost-effective in Korea. OBJECTIVE This study was conducted to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of cervical cancer screening strategies incorporating the Pap test based on age at the start and end o...
متن کاملCervical Screening (Cervical Smear Test)
Cervical cancer is the third or fourth most common female malignancy worldwide, causing an approximate 529,828 new cases each year. [1] It occurs much more frequently in developing countries. In the UK it is now the 17th most common female cancer, and accounts for 1% of female deaths from cancer. [2] Age-standardised mortality rate for the UK was 2.2 per 100,000 in 2012 (2.1 in England and Wale...
متن کاملCervical Screening (Cervical Smear Test)
Worldwide cervical carcinoma is the second most common female malignancy, causing approximately 500,000 new cases each year. [2] The age-standardised (European) annual incidence rate of cervical cancer is 13.2 per 100,000 females. [2] Age-standardised mortality rate for the UK was 2.9 per 100,000 in 2008. [3] 85-90% are squamous cell cancers and approximately 15% are adenocarcinomas, which are ...
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OBJECTIVE To compare the costs and number of undetected cases of four cervical cancer screening strategies (CCSS) in Mexico. MATERIALS AND METHODS We estimated the costs and outcomes of the following CCSS: a) conventional Papanicolaou smear (Pap) alone; b) high-risk human papilloma virus testing (HR-HPV) as primary screening with Pap as reflex triage; c) HR-HPV as primary screening with HPV-1...
متن کاملThe evaluation of cervical cancer screening by combining speculoscopy with Papanicolaou smear examination in Taiwan.
BACKGROUND Cervical cancer is the most common malignancy in women in Taiwan. In order to improve the detection of cervical lesions using the Papanicolaou (Pap) smear in screening, a number of adjunctive tests have been developed. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the utility of a magnified chemiluminescent screening examination (speculoscopy) combined with the Pap smear (PapSure) in dete...
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عنوان ژورنال: Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1513-7368
DOI: 10.7314/apjcp.2015.16.6.2317