Recommendations for a national agenda to substantially reduce cervical cancer.
Cancer Causes Control
; 24(8): 1583-93, 2013 Aug.
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
Prophylactic human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines and new HPV screening tests, combined with traditional Pap test screening, provide an unprecedented opportunity to greatly reduce cervical cancer in the USA. Despite these advances, thousands of women continue to be diagnosed with and die of this highly preventable disease each year. This paper describes the initiatives and recommendations of national cervical cancer experts toward preventing and possibly eliminating this disease.METHODS:
In May 2011, Cervical Cancer-Free America, a national initiative, convened a cervical cancer summit in Washington, DC. Over 120 experts from the public and private sector met to develop a national agenda for reducing cervical cancer morbidity and mortality in the USA.RESULTS:
Summit participants evaluated four broad challenges to reducing cervical cancer (1) low use of HPV vaccines, (2) low use of cervical cancer screening, (3) screening errors, and (4) lack of continuity of care for women diagnosed with cervical cancer. The summit offered 12 concrete recommendations to guide future national and local efforts toward this goal.CONCLUSIONS:
Cervical cancer incidence and mortality can be greatly reduced by better deploying existing methods and systems. The challenge lies in ensuring that the array of available prevention options are accessible and utilized by all age-appropriate women-particularly minority and underserved women who are disproportionately affected by this disease. The consensus was that cervical cancer can be greatly reduced and that prevention efforts can lead the way towards a dramatic reduction in this preventable disease in our country.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Esfregaço Vaginal
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Neoplasias do Colo do Útero
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Programas de Rastreamento
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Guias de Prática Clínica como Assunto
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Infecções por Papillomavirus
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Vacinas contra Papillomavirus
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Programas Nacionais de Saúde
Tipo de estudo:
Guideline
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Prognostic_studies
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Screening_studies
Limite:
Female
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Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Cancer Causes Control
Assunto da revista:
EPIDEMIOLOGIA
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NEOPLASIAS
Ano de publicação:
2013
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos