Effect of Pap smears on the long-term survival of cervical cancer patients: a nationwide population-based cohort study in Korea.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aimed to investigate the effect of cervical cancer screening by Papanicolaou (Pap) smears on the long-term survival of cervical cancer patients.

Methods

We constructed a retrospective cohort of 14,903 women diagnosed with invasive cancer or carcinoma in situ in 2008 and 2009 and followed up until December 31, 2019, by using individual-level data from 3 national databases of the Korean National Cancer Screening Program, the Korean Central Cancer Registry, and death certificates. Cox proportional-hazards regression was used to investigate the effect of cervical cancer screening on mortality.

Results

In total, 12,987 out of 14,867 patients (87.4%) were alive at the end of the follow-up period (median: 10.5 years). Screened patients had a 38% lower r

SUBMITTER: Luu XQ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9943631 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature