Effects of screening coverage and screening quality assurance on cervical cancer mortality: Implication for integrated framework to monitor global implementation of cervical cancer screening programmes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cervical cancer is a global health threat and a manifestation of inequality, and screening is an effective intervention. However, little is known about how screening coverage and quality assurance, influence cervical cancer mortality. We aimed to investigate the association between screening coverage, screening quality assurance and cervical cancer mortality among women from countries at different developmental levels.

Methods

We obtained data on age-standardised mortality from cervical cancer from the GLOBOCAN 2020 database; coverage of cervical cancer screening from World Health Organization (WHO) Global Health Observatory; and cervical screening programme settings and quality assurance from the Cancer Screening in Five Continents (CanScreen5) database. We asses

SUBMITTER: Wang M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11503509 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature