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Effectiveness of national cervical cancer screening programme in Taiwan: 12-year experiences.
| Content Provider | Europe PMC |
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| Author | Chen, Y-Y You, S-L Chen, C-A Shih, L-Y Koong, S-L Chao, K-Y Hsiao, M-L Hsieh, C-Y Chen, C-J |
| Copyright Year | 2009 |
| 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. |
| ISSN | 00070920 |
| Journal | British Journal of Cancer |
| Volume Number | 101 |
| PubMed Central reference number | PMC2713714 |
| Issue Number | 1 |
| PubMed reference number | 19536091 |
| e-ISSN | 15321827 |
| DOI | 10.1038/sj.bjc.6605139 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Nature Publishing Group |
| Publisher Date | 2009-06-16 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights License | This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material.If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Copyright © 2009 Cancer Research UK |
| Subject Keyword | cervical cancer incidence mortality national screening programme secular trend |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Cancer Research Oncology |
