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Introduction: cervical cancer screening
The first organised screening programmes in Europe were initiated in 1959 (Østfold county, Norway) and 1960 (Grampian region, Scotland). Since then cervical cancer screening programmes have been intro...
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A Linos,
E Riza,
M.van Ballegooijen
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Editorial
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pages 2175-2176
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Cervical cancer screening in Belgium
Abstract: A description is given of the burden of cervical cancer and the status of screening in Belgium until 1998. Screening is essentially opportunistic and generally performed at yearly intervals....
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M Arbyn,
H Van Oyen
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Full-length article
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pages 2191-2197
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Cervical cancer screening in Denmark
Abstract: Denmark is divided into 15 counties and it is up to regional politicians and the health authority in each county to organise the cervical screening programmes. The National Board of Health i...
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J Bigaard,
J Hariri,
E Lynge
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Full-length article
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pages 2198-2204
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Cervical cancer screening in England
Abstract: Cervical screening in England is provided free of charge by the National Health Service to all women aged 20–64 years. Computerised call and recall was introduced in 1988 and women receive a...
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J. Patnick
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Full-length article
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pages 2205-2208
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Cervical cancer screening programme in Finland
Abstract: In Finland, the organised screening programme for the prevention of cervical cancer has been run for over 30 years and has contributed to a 70–80% decrease in the age-adjusted cervical cance...
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A Anttila,
P Nieminen
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Full-length article
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pages 2209-2214
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Cervical cancer screening in France
Abstract: In France, as in other European countries the incidence and mortality rates of carcinoma of the cervix uteri indicate a clear decrease in invasive cancers. Opportunistic screening has spread...
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P Schaffer,
H Sancho-Garnier,
M Fender,
P Dellenbach,
J.P Carbillet,
E Monnet,
G.P Gauthier,
A Garnier
et al.
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Full-length article
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pages 2215-2220
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Cervical cancer screening in Germany
Abstract: Cervical cancer is one of the target cancers covered by the statutory German cancer screening programme which was introduced in West Germany in 1971 and expanded to the eastern part of the c...
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U Schenck,
L von Karsa
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Full-length article
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pages 2221-2226
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Cervical cancer screening in Greece
Abstract: The aim of this study was to describe the state of the art in cervical cancer screening in Greece by presenting the two regionally organised screening programmes that currently operate in th...
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E Riza,
P Kyriakogianni-Psaropoulou,
E Koumantakis,
H Symiakaki,
I Garas,
A Linos
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Full-length article
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pages 2227-2232
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Cervical cancer screening in Ireland
Abstract: Screening for cervical cancer commenced in Ireland on an opportunistic basis in the late 1960s. The Data Protection Act was recently amended to allow access to specific databases for the pur...
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W O'Neill
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Full-length article
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pages 2233-2234
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Cervical cancer screening in Italy
Abstract: Until recently cervical cancer screening in Italy has been mainly spontaneous, with only a few organised programmes. This resulted in low coverage and high frequency of tests in screened wom...
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N Segnan,
G Ronco,
S Ciatto
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Full-length article
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pages 2235-2239
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Cervical cancer screening in The Netherlands
Abstract: The Netherlands is among the European countries with low incidence and almost lowest mortality from cancer of the uterine cervix. Screening started around 1970, being a combination of local ...
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M van Ballegooijen,
R Hermens
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Full-length article
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pages 2244-2246
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Cervical cancer screening in the central region of Portugal
Cervical cancer has always been a major concern of Portuguese gynaecologists. Since 1978, when family planning clinics were first set up, diagnostic examinations have been carried out upon sexually ac...
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O Real,
D Silva,
M.A Leitão,
H.M Oliveira,
J.G Rocha Alves
et al.
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Full-length article
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pages 2247-2249
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Cervical cancer screening in Spain
Abstract: Castilla y León (Spain) is the most extensive region in Europe, with 94 147 km2, and a population of approximately 2.5 million. The programme for the Prevention of Gynaecological Infections ...
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M.T Fernández Calvo,
A Hernández Rubio,
I Rosell Aguilar
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Full-length article
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pages 2250-2254
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Cervical cancer screening in Sweden
Abstract: Organised cervical cancer screening was implemented in Sweden in the mid-1960s. A marked decline in cervical cancer incidence could be attributed to the time-point of start of screening. Squ...
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J Dillner
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Full-length article
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pages 2255-2259
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Comparisons of cervical cancer screening programmes in the European Union
Abstract: This paper summarises the similarities and differences between the cervical cancer screening programmes operating in the 15 Member States of the European Union as presented in the separate p...
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A Linos,
E Riza
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Full-length article
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pages 2260-2265
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Cervical cancer screening in Austria
Abstract: Austria's target population of women aged 20 years and over consists of 3 million people. There is mainly opportunistic screening, except in one county with a target population of 120 000, i...
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G. Breitenecker,
H. Wiener,
J. Stani
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Full-length article
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pages 2189-2190
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Cervical cancer screening in Luxembourg
Abstract: In 1962, a programme for early detection of cervical cancer was established at the national level. The programme is based on the collaboration of different groups of doctors and not on a sys...
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R. Scheiden,
U. Knolle,
C. Wagener,
A.M. Wehenkel,
C. Capesius
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Full-length article
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pages 2240-2243
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Overview of important cervical cancer screening process values in European Union (EU) countries, and tentative predictions of the corresponding effectiveness and cost-effectiveness
Abstract: The objective was the evaluation of the (cost-)effectiveness of cervical cancer screening in the European Union (EU) countries. Data were collected on recommended screening age ranges and in...
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M. van Ballegooijen,
E. van den Akker-van Marle,
J. Patnick,
E. Lynge,
M. Arbyn,
A. Anttila,
G. Ronco,
J. Dik,
F. Habbema
et al.
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Full-length article
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pages 2177-2188
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Cervical cancer screening in Europe: what next?
Abstract: This paper reviews how knowledge of human papilloma virus (HPV) and its association with cervical cancer has evolved over the years and discusses the potential usefulness of HPV testing as a...
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S. Franceschi,
R. Herrero,
C. La Vecchia
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Full-length article
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pages 2272-2275
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Cervical cancer mortality in young women in Europe: patterns and trends
Abstract: On the basis of overall national death certification data, it is not possible to analyse mortality from cervical cancer in Europe, since 20–65% of deaths from uterine cancer in largest count...
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F Levi,
F Lucchini,
E Negri,
S Franceschi,
C la Vecchia
et al.
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Full-length article
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pages 2266-2271
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