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
Published In/Presented At
Rodenberger, B. M., Earle, R. P., & Ingalls, T. H. (1966). Cancer of the cervix. A community approach. The New England journal of medicine, 274(16), 896–898. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM196604212741608
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
17926871
Department(s)
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Document Type
Article