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Title: | Effectiveness of national cervical cancer screening programme in Taiwan: 12-year experiences | Authors: | Chen Y.-Y. You S.-L. CHI-AN CHEN Shih L.-Y. Koong S.-L. Chao K.-Y. Hsiao M.-L. CHANG-YAO HSIEH Chen C.-J. |
Issue Date: | 2009 | Journal Volume: | 174 | Journal Issue: | 177 | Start page/Pages: | 174-177 | Source: | British Journal of Cancer | Abstract: | Background:We examined cervical cancer incidence before and after nationwide cervical cancer screening was initiated in Taiwan in mid-1995.Results:The invasive cancer incidence decreased by 47.8% during 1995-2006. The carcinoma in situ incidence increased 1.7-fold during 1995-2000, and decreased by 19.6% during 2000-2006.Conclusion:The Taiwan national programme has significantly decreased invasive cervical cancer. ? 2009 Cancer Research UK. |
URI: | https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/452762 | DOI: | 10.1038/sj.bjc.6605139 | SDG/Keyword: | adenocarcinoma; adult; aged; article; cancer epidemiology; cancer incidence; cancer invasion; cancer screening; carcinoma in situ; female; human; major clinical study; priority journal; squamous cell carcinoma; Taiwan; uterine cervix cancer; adenocarcinoma; age; incidence; mass screening; methodology; middle aged; squamous cell carcinoma; Taiwan; uterine cervix tumor; Adenocarcinoma; Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell; Female; Humans; Incidence; Mass Screening; Middle Aged; Taiwan; Uterine Cervical Neoplasms |
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