Cervical cancer is a leading cause of cancer death in women in developing countries. A key factor linked to the relatively high levels of cervical cancer in these populations is the lack of awareness and access to preventive methods. This study aimed to determine the level of awareness of cervical cancer and Papanicolaou test (Pap smear test) and factors associated with the utilization of Pap t...

PAPANICOLAOU (PAP) SMEAR screening for cervical cancer, introduced in the 1940s, has become a widely accepted cancer screening test. High rates of screening are the rule in all industrialized nations, and the number of cases and deaths from cervical cancer has decreased substantially since the introduction of screening. In the United States, all women have historically been considered eligible ...

Cervical cancer is one of the most common cancers affecting women worldwide, constituting 6% of all female malignancies. It is the most common female genital tract malignancy in Calabar, Nigeria. Although the incidence and mortality from cervical cancer have decreased substantially in the past several decades among women in the United States, cervical cancer remains the third gynecologic malign...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the prevalence of abnormal cervical cytological findings in the Western Black Sea Region and investigate an association between socio-demographic risk factors and the presence of cytological abnormalities. MATERIAL AND METHOD The reports of 11,539 cervical smears diagnosed according to Bethesda System 2001 version in the Pathology Department between January 2011 and Dece...

OBJECTIVES To describe the attitudes about and experiences with cervical cancer, Pap smear screenings and the HPV vaccine among a sample of Inuit women from Nunavik, Quebec, Canada. We also evaluated demographic and social predictors of maternal interest in HPV vaccination. STUDY DESIGN A mixed method design was used with a cross-sectional survey and focus group interviews. METHODS Women we...

The aim of this population-based cross-sectional study was to investigate access by 20 to 60 year-old women--both black and white--to early detection (pap-smear) exams for breast and cervical cancer in two towns--São Leopoldo and Pelotas--in Rio Grande do Sul State, southern Brazil. Estimates of the association between race/color and access to Pap-smear and breast exams were adjusted for income...

OBJECTIVE To determine the factors that increase the chances of a woman in Accra having a Pap smear and whether women who have recently visited clinics have higher chances of having had Pap smears. DESIGN A cross-sectional study METHODS A representative sample of women in Accra, Ghana was interviewed and the clinical and demographic factors influencing cervical cancer screening was assessed...

BACKGROUND The Canadian circumpolar Inuit population has a higher incidence rate of cervical cancer than the general population and the majority of cases occur among underscreened women. The objectives of this study were to determine Pap smear utilization rates and to determine factors associated with time-inappropriate use of cervical cancer screening among a cohort of Inuit women from Nunavik...

OBJECTIVES To predict the incremental lifetime effects, costs, and cost effectiveness of using human papillomavirus testing to triage women with borderline or mildly dyskaryotic cervical smear results for immediate colposcopy. DESIGN Modelling study. SETTING Three centres participating in NHS pilot studies, United Kingdom. Population Women aged 25-64 with borderline or mildly dyskaryotic ce...