PMID: 26793857Jan 23, 2016Paper

ETHICAL AND DEMOGRAPHICAL ISSUES IN SCREENING FOR CERVICAL CANCER--AN OUTLINE IN NORTH EASTERN REGION OF ROMANIA

Revista medico-chirurgicală̆ a Societă̆ţ̜ii de Medici ş̧i Naturaliş̧ti din Iaş̧i
Liliana ChelaruAlina Manole

Abstract

This study complements the national screening program for cervical cancer, implemented in Romania. Inclusion criteria for this program of active detection of cervical cancer are women aged 25 to 64 years and exclusion criteria were other age groups and the diagnosis confirmed of cervical cancer. The testing was free and used the method of colored cervical smear Pap. In 2013, 23.680 women were tested, that means only 10.13% of the total female population eligible for screening. In 2014, the test group was 6337 (one smear required retesting), of which 5852 were negative results and 484 positive results. Squamous cell abnormalities were detected in 433 women (6.84% of total group who attended the screening). Cervical smears with atypical squamous lesions were present at the most women included in the screening, regardless of age group (67.43%). The screening detected 21 lesions HSIL (4.84%), 2 HSIL with suspicion of invasion (0.46%) and 5 lesions of squamous carcinoma (1.15%). The presence of a small number of people compared to the female population eligible to the test screening may show the need for a better spread of notions about the screening and the afferent national program, for the population in northeastern Romania, cons...Continue Reading

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