Poor Cervical Cancer Screening Attendance and False Negatives. A Call for Organized Screening.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The objective of this study was to describe prior negative screening history and symptoms around the time of diagnosis of incident cervical cancer (CC) cases diagnosed between 2000 and 2010 within the Asturias public health system.

Methods

Records from 374 women diagnosed with CC between 2000 and 2010 from all public hospitals in Asturias were retrieved. Clinical information, FIGO stage and all previous cytological data were extracted from clinical and histopathological records. Proportional differences were assessed using chi-square tests. Logistic regression analysis was used to estimate odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI). Inter-observer agreement in cytology was checked by comparing concordance values using k-statistics.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Castillo M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4993473 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature