CERVICAL CANCER AND CYTOLOGY SCREENING IN NEW ZEALAND
- 1 December 1978
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Vol. 85 (12) , 881-886
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-0528.1978.tb15848.x
Abstract
Cytology screening, used in New Zealand since 1955 at an intensity comparable to that in Canada generally, has not favourably affected incidence and mortality rates for cervical cancer; these have actually risen significantly in 20 to 34-year-old New Zealand women. Canadian claims that mortality falls are related to intensity of cytological screening are not justifiable, so that the significance of the 'pre-cancers' revealed by cytology and the value of population screening would seem to be doubtful.Keywords
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