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 Report
LanguageEnglish
Published Atlanta U.S. Center for Disease Control 04.01.2013
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Cervical cancer
Medical screening
Risk factors
Risk taking
Women
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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.
ISSN:0149-2195
1545-861X