A cervical screening initiative for elderly women in Denmark.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

To assess outcome of a one-time human papillomavirus (HPV)-screening in 2017 of Danish women aged 70+.

Material and methods

Women born 1947 or before were personally invited to have a cell-sample collected by their general practitioner. Screening- and follow-up samples were analyzed in hospital laboratories in the five Danish regions and registered centrally. Follow-up procedures varied slightly across regions. Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia 2 (CIN2) was recommended treatment threshold. Data were retrieved from the Danish Quality Database for Cervical Cancer Screening. We calculated CIN2+ and CIN3+ detection rates per 1000 screened women, and number of biopsies and conizations per detected CIN2+ case. We tabulated annual number of incident cervical cancer ca

SUBMITTER: Skorstengaard M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10201968 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature