A questionnaire survey of cervical and breast cancer screening among female employees and employees' spouses.

ABSTRACT: In Japan, cancer screening is conducted under a variety of umbrellas, i.e., via population-based screening, occupational health checkups, insured medical care, and personal medical checkups. Quality control assessment of cancer screenings is conducted by national and local governments only for population-based screenings. The purpose of this study was to clarify the status of women receiving cervical and breast cancer screenings in Japan by any of these means. As a model associated with occupational screenings, we surveyed female employees and male employees' spouses of Sunstar, Inc., a Japanese subsidiary of an international corporation. The number of valid responses collected from March to July 2023 was 345. Among those who had cancer screening either regularly or irregularly, 66% (89/13

SUBMITTER: Yagi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11821902 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature