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Cytopathology
; 15(2): 113-8, 2004 Apr.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-15056173
ABSTRACT
Cervical cancer screening developed rapidly during the 1970s. Today, approximately 1.5 million smears are taken annually, so 50% of the target population are screened every year, 30% are cytologically underserved (24% never had a smears, 6% only once). This figure correlates with the fact that there are still 30% deaths from cervical cancer compared with 1960. Since 1998 a voluntary quality assurance programme was introduced by the Austrian Society of Cytology, based on comparison of results reported from participating laboratories.
Subject(s)
Mass Screening , Uterine Cervical Neoplasms/epidemiology , Uterine Cervical Neoplasms/pathology , Vaginal Smears , Adult , Aged , Austria , Biopsy, Needle , Data Collection , Female , Humans , Incidence , Middle Aged , National Health Programs , Program Evaluation , Quality Control , Reminder Systems , Sensitivity and Specificity , Uterine Cervical Neoplasms/mortality , Women's Health Services
2.
Offentl Gesundheitswes
; 40(2): 71-8, 1978 Feb.
Article
in German
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-147427