Cervical cancer case-control audit: Results from routine evaluation of a nationwide cervical screening program.

ABSTRACT: Our study used a refined case-control cervical cancer Audit framework to investigate effectiveness of cervical screening, with measures of three screening failures: irregular-participation, cervical cancer developed after cytological abnormalities and after normal screening results. The register-based study included 4,254 cervical cancer cases diagnosed in Sweden during 2002-2011, and 30 population-based controls per case. We used conditional logistic regression models to examine relative risks of cervical cancer in relation to screening participation and screening results in the past two screening rounds from 6 months before cancer diagnosis. We found that women unscreened in past two screening rounds showed four times increased risk of cervical cancer compared to women screened in time (

SUBMITTER: Wang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7003887 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature