U.S. Women with Invasive Cervical Cancer: Characteristics and Potential Barriers to Prevention.

ABSTRACT: Objectives: Although invasive cervical cancer (ICC) rates have declined since the advent of screening, the annual age-adjusted ICC rate in the United States remains 7.5 per 100,000 women. Failure of recommended screening and management often precedes ICC diagnoses. The study aimed to evaluate characteristics of women with incident ICC, including potential barriers to accessing preventive care. Materials and Methods: We abstracted medical records for patients with ICC identified during 2008-2020 in five U.S. population-based surveillance sites covering 1.5 million women. We identified evidence of adverse social and medical conditions, including uninsured/underinsured, language barrier, substance use disorder, incarceration, serious mental illness, severe obesity,

SUBMITTER: Rosenblum HG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11995403 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature