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Cervix cancer control in Louisville, Kentucky
Author(s) -
Christopherson William M.,
Mendez Winifred M.,
Ahuja Elizabeth M.,
Lundin Frank E.,
Parker James E.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(197007)26:1<29::aid-cncr2820260104>3.0.co;2-g
Subject(s) - medicine , cervix , cancer , incidence (geometry) , carcinoma in situ , gynecology , carcinoma , obstetrics , stage (stratigraphy) , paleontology , physics , optics , biology
The results of 12 years of mass cytologic screening of a community for protection from uterine cancer are reported, and the effects upon incidence rates of the various component cancers are analyzed. A preceding 3‐year period during which no screening was performed was used to calculate the expected rates. Total cancers of the uterus, including carcinoma in‐situ, had an average annual rate of 125.5 per 100,000 women 20 years of age and older during the 15‐year period. During the last 3‐year period, carcinoma of the cervix was diagnosed at an earlier stage, and the rates decreased by one third. Carcinoma in‐situ increased in proportion to screening activity. There was an increase in the rate for endometrial carcinoma. The greatest response to screening was in women under 50 years of age. This group showed the greatest decrease in rates and was, for the most part, diagnosed at an earlier stage of the disease. On the other hand, older women were less inclined to avail themselves of cytologic screening.