Cancer of the cervix. A community approach.

Publication/Presentation Date

4-21-1966

Abstract

The importance of mass screening for female carcinoma is documented once again, and the results of such a program within a small, closed island population are presented and discussed. A 63.4 per cent participation among 369 eligible females resulted in findings of a 3.0 per cent prevalence of uterine cancer--5 persons with cervical, 4 intraepithelial and 1 invasive, and 2 with endometrial carcinoma. No evidence of ovarian or breast cancer was produced. One interesting observation was that of 2 women with cervical carcinoma in situ who had been married to the same man. The failure of the participants to return at regular intervals on a personal basis for repeat cancer examinations (68 per cent) suggests the ineffectiveness of such as a program to stimulate a sustained awareness of the danger of female carcinoma. Indifference rather than poverty probably accounts for this lack of concern.

Volume

274

Issue

16

First Page

896

Last Page

898

ISSN

0028-4793

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences

PubMedID

17926871

Department(s)

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Document Type

Article

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