Failure of the cervical cytology screening programme

Failures of the cervical cytology screening programme.

A centralised cytology screening programme for cervical cancer in Florence.

STUDY OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a centralised population based cervical cytology screening programme. DESIGN The study was a case-control investigation. SETTING Cases and controls were confined to the province of Florence. PARTICIPANTS 191 out of 208 cases of cervical cancer in women less than 75 years old at diagnosis in the period 1982-85 were i...

Cervical Cytology Screening GJ.qxp

This Practice Bulletin was developed by the ACOG Committee on Practice Bulletins—Gynecology with the assistance of Alan Waxman, MD. The information is designed to aid practitioners in making decisions about appropriate obstetric and gynecologic care. These guidelines should not be construed as dictating an exclusive course of treatment or procedure. Variations in practice may be warranted based...

Cervical cytology and histology in the context of a screening programme

In the UK, the national cervical cancer screening programme is probably the most established, robust and rigorous of all screening programmes that has evolved over 25 years. It has seen a multitude of changes based on evidence obtained from a vast amount of research and observations, as well as from advances in technology. This success has led to a definite impact on cervical cancer incidence w...

Evaluation of the cervical cytology screening programme in an inner city health district.

District health authorities have been instructed to operate a cervical cytology call and recall screening programme using the age-sex registers held by family practitioner committees. A detailed evaluation of implementation in an inner London district showed that 477 out of 687 (69%) invitation letters sent to women by the family practitioner committee were either inaccurate or inappropriate: a...