Screening for cancer of the uterine cervix

[Cancer of the uterine cervix].

Cancer of the Uterine Cervix

HEALTH ISSUE: Cervical cancer is one of the most common malignant diseases of women; it is diagnosed in almost half a million women every year and half as many die from it annually. In Canada and other industrialized countries, its incidence has decreased due to cytology screening. However, invasive cases still occur, particularly among immigrant groups and native Canadian women. Although incid...

Cancer of the Uterine Cervix

The overall five-year survival of cervical cancer is only 40% worldwide despite the development of effective screening modalities. Paramount to this issue is access to appropriate medical care which remains limited to high-risk populations throughout the world. While surgery and radiation remain the mainstays of current treatment, new therapies based on the association of cervical cancer with t...

Reports from the Field Workshop on Screening for Cancer of the Uterine Cervix in Central America1

A workshop on screening for cervical cancer was held in Managua, Nicaragua, from 21 to 23 November 1995. The workshop was sponsored by the Pan American Health Organization, Cancer Care International, the Canadian International Development Agency, the International Development Research Center (Canada), and the World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Evaluation of Screening for Cancer,...

[Screening for cancer of the cervix].