Predicting mortality from cervical cancer after negative smear test results.
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Incidence of cervical cancer after several negative smear results by age 50: prospective observational study
OBJECTIVE To determine the incidence of cervical cancer after several negative cervical smear tests at different ages. DESIGN Prospective observational study of incidence of cervical cancer after the third consecutive negative result based on individual level data in a national registry of histopathology and cytopathology (PALGA). SETTING Netherlands, national data. Population 218,847 women...
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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 ...
متن کاملValue of a negative cervical smear.
Comment Our patient showed a remarkable initial response to high dose intravenous gammaglobulin. The effect on his arthritis was transient, but most of the systemic symptoms were appreciably reduced or absent during the first six months of treatment. A relapse occurred four months after gammaglobulin was stopped, but renewed administration induced the same beneficial effects as before. The mech...
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Between November 1986 and February 1988, 2806 cervical smears were taken from every patient attending the Obstetrics and Gynaecology consulting clinics at The Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) Karachi. Of 2806 smears 2774 (98.9%) were adequate, cytology was positive in 35, a prevalence rate of 12.6 per 1000. The highest incidence was in the age group of 2544 years. Eighty percent patients wit...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1992
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.305.6851.449