Cervical screening and risk of adenosquamous and rare histological types of invasive cervical carcinoma: population based nested case-control study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To examine the association of cervical cytology screening with the risk of adenosquamous cell carcinoma (ASC) and rare histological types of invasive cervical carcinoma (RICC), using comprehensive registry data, and to assess tumour human papillomavirus status of ASC and RICC.

Design

Nationwide, population based, nested case-control study.

Setting

Sweden.

Participants

All cases of invasive cervical carcinoma in Sweden during 2002-11 (4254 confirmed cases after clinical and histopathological review). 338 cases were neither squamous cell carcinoma nor adenocarcinoma, including 164 cases of ASC and 174 cases of RICC (glassy cell carcinoma, clear cell carcinoma, small cell carcinoma, neuroendocrine cell carcinoma, large cell carcinoma, and undifferentiat

SUBMITTER: Lei J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6446178 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature