P2-473 Present trend of cervical cancer screening in Bharatpur, Nepal

NNCTR Cervical and Breast Cancer Screening Activities in Nepal

Screening for cervical cancer and precancerous lesions in Tabriz

 Abstract Background: Cervical cancer is the most common female genital tract malignancy and is the major cause of death from gynecologic cancer worldwide. The majority of cervical cancers develop through a series of gradual, precancerous lesions. Screening asymptomatic women with regular Pap smears allows diagnosis of the readily treatable preinvasive phase. We performed this study to determin...

Cervical cancer screening in Bulgaria--past and present experience.

BACKGROUND In Bulgaria the previously (1970-1985) existing population based cervical cancer screening was replaced in the early 1990s with an opportunistic model due to political and socioeconomic reasons. As a result, in the last 20 years, cervical cancer incidence and mortality rates steady increased. The objective of the EUROCHIP project in Bulgaria was to evaluate the readiness of the healt...

Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Regarding Cervical Cancer Screening Among Women Attending a Teaching Hospital, Bharatpur, Chitwan

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...

The Role of Health Beliefsin Predicting Barriersto Cervical Cancer Screening

Background & Aims: Health beliefs play an important role in encouraging people to engage in behaviors related to health promotion. Thus, the purpose of this study is to evaluate the role of health beliefs in predicting barriersto cervical cancerscreening among women in Bandar Abbas, Iran. Methods: Using convenience and random sampling, this cross-sectional study was conducted on 681 married wom...