Cervical Cancer Screening in the United States-Affiliated Pacific Islands: Options and Opportunities.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Successful cervical cancer screening in the United States-Affiliated Pacific Islands (USAPI) is limited by geographic, political, economic, and logistic factors. An expert panel convened to examine screening in each of the 6 island jurisdictions and to explore options beyond cytology-based screening.

Materials and methods

Forty-one representatives of American Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecology, American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology, government agencies, the World Health Organization, Pan American Health Organization, health representatives of the 6 Pacific island jurisdictions, Puerto Rico, and several academic institutions met in a 2-day meeting to explore options to improve access and coverage of cervical cancer screening in the USAPI.

Resu

SUBMITTER: Waxman AG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5672793 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature