Cervical Cancer Incidence in the US-Affiliated Pacific Islands.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The World Health Organization has called for eliminating cervical cancer as a public health problem. Accurate and up-to-date estimates of population-based cervical cancer incidence are essential for monitoring progress toward elimination and informing local cancer control strategies, but these estimates are lacking for the US-Affiliated Pacific Islands (USAPI).

Objective

To calculate age-standardized incidence rates for cervical cancer in the 6 USAPI and compare these rates with rates in the US (50 states and the District of Columbia).

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study used population-based data from the Pacific Regional Central Cancer Registry for women aged 20 years or older who were diagnosed with invasive cervical cancer from

SUBMITTER: Gopalani SV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11393751 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature