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Neoplasms/epidemiology , Registries , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Female , Hospitals , Humans , Italy , Male , Middle AgedSubject(s)
Autopsy , Data Collection , Death Certificates , Neoplasms/diagnosis , Registries , Diagnostic Errors , Humans , Italy , Neoplasms/epidemiologySubject(s)
Neoplasms/epidemiology , Registries , Age Factors , Hospitals, General , Humans , Italy , Sex FactorsABSTRACT
This paper reports the results of cervico-vaginal examinations performed on the women (7,098) resident in the municipality of Bollate (mass screening) and the women (1,416) hospitalized in the Gynecologic ward in the same period (in-patients). Age distribution, prevalence of initial and invasive forms, and prevalence according to age groups have been considered. The results are: 1) any kind of lesion is more frequent among in-patient than mass-screening subjects; 2) the prevalence of benign displasia, incipient, in situ and invasive carcinoma per age group, considered per quinquennium, shows a three-phase trend, both in mass screening and in-patient cases; 3) the time of evolution is different for cervicocarcinoma in the different age groups of incipience. Periodic checks are a useful means of precocious diagnosis of cervicocarcinoma; the frequency of checks should vary according to patient age.