Cervical Cancer Screening Among Women by Hysterectomy Status and Among Women Aged greater than or equal to 65 Years - United States, 2000-2010

Since 2003, major US organizations consistently have recommended against screening most women for cervical cancer after a total hysterectomy for benign disease. Reports have shown that many of those women continue to receive Papanicolaou testing, contrary to recommendations. Among other things to me...

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Published inMMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report Vol. 61; no. 51-52; p. 1043
Main Authors Watson, Meg, King, Jessica, Ajani, Umed, Houston, Keisha A, Saraiya, Mona
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 04.01.2013
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Age
Cancer
Females
Risk factors
USA
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Summary:Since 2003, major US organizations consistently have recommended against screening most women for cervical cancer after a total hysterectomy for benign disease. Reports have shown that many of those women continue to receive Papanicolaou testing, contrary to recommendations. Among other things to measure recent screening behaviors and trends in accordance with evidence-based recommendations, biennial cross-sectional data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System on women aged greater or equal to 30 years were analyzed and stratified by hysterectomy status and by age.
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ISSN:0149-2195