Trends in cervical cancer screening rates among Korean women: results of the Korean National Cancer Screening Survey, 2005-2020.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to analyze the trends in cervical cancer screening rates, including organized and opportunistic cancer screening rates, with the Papanicolaou test among Korean women.

Methods

Data were collected from a nationwide, cross-sectional, Korean National Cancer Screening Survey. To evaluate the cervical cancer screening rates, we used the screening approach of "cervical cancer screening rate with recommendation," defined as the proportion of women who underwent the Papanicolaou test during the previous 2 years according to the Protocol of National Cancer Screening Program for Cervical Cancer in Korea. The joinpoint regression analysis, which describes the annual percent change (APC), was performed to detect significant changes in cervical cancer scr

SUBMITTER: Shin HY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9250863 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature