Screening for cervical cancer in the county of Funen. Status of 25 years of development and experiences

• Published in: Ugeskrift for læger Vol. 168; no. 22; p. 2163
• Main Authors: Hølund, Berit, Grinsted, Per
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Danish
• Published: Denmark 29.05.2006
• Subjects: Adult; Denmark - epidemiology; Family Practice; Female; Humans; Incidence; Mass Screening - organization & administration; Mass Screening - standards; Middle Aged; Papanicolaou Test; Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - epidemiology; Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - mortality; Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - pathology; Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - prevention & control; Vaginal Smears - standards; Denmark

Since 1979 screening against cervical cancer has been conducted in the County of Funen. In the period 1979-1988 the screening against cervical cancer was opportunistic, where women aged 25-55 years had a PAP-smear taken once a year by their GP or gynaecologists at the hospitals. In this period the c...