Cervical screening

Two expensive healthcare practices have recently been endorsed as policy in the UK. One is continuing to invite women over 50 for cervical screening; the other is shortening the screening interval from five years to three for younger women. The new guidance should be recommending screening for women...

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Published inBMJ Vol. 328; no. 7451; pp. 1272 - 1273
Main Author Raffle, Angela E
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England British Medical Journal Publishing Group 29.05.2004
BMJ Publishing Group LTD
BMJ Publishing Group
EditionInternational edition
Subjects
Adult
Age Factors
Cervical cancer
Female
Humans
Mass Screening
Medical screening
Middle Aged
Regulation
Risk Assessment
Time Factors
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - prevention & control
Young adults
United Kingdom
UK
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Summary:Two expensive healthcare practices have recently been endorsed as policy in the UK. One is continuing to invite women over 50 for cervical screening; the other is shortening the screening interval from five years to three for younger women. The new guidance should be recommending screening for women under 25, as well.
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DOI:10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1272