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Title: | Organized Cervical Cancer Screening Program in Barretos, Brazil: Experience in 18 Municipalities of Sao Paulo State |
Authors: | POSSATI-RESENDE, Julio Cesar; VAZQUEZ, Fabiana de Lima; BIOT, Sinval Tadeu; MAUAD, Edmundo Carvalho; TALARICO, Thais; FREGNANI, Jose Humberto Tavares Guerreiro; LONGATTO-FILHO, Adhemar |
Citation: | ACTA CYTOLOGICA, v.62, n.1, p.19-27, 2018 |
Abstract: | Objectives: The aim of this report is to demonstrate the Barretos Cancer Hospital initiative of organizational, laboratorial, and human resources training in the implementation of an organized cervical screening program in low-resource settings. Methods: We developed a computational program to report all epidemiological, clinical, and laboratorial findings, and to trace all necessary information to recruit women for regular screening or for referral for complementary exams after liquid-based Pap test analyses. Results: All Pap tests were collected in liquid medium and in 2014 more than 160,000 tests were analyzed and 2,900 colposcopy examinations were performed. From 2012 to 2015, the percentage of exams collected increased from 54.6% in 2012 to 62.4% in 2013, 68.4% in 2014, and 71% in 2015. Per 1,000 Pap tests, 0.4 cases of invasive cancer were diagnosed; for in situ carcinoma, 1.9 cases were identified. More importantly, between 2011 and 2015, 89.4% of all carcinomas were detected at clinical stage 0 or I (in situ carcinoma), and only 5% at stages III and IV. Conclusions: Since the organized system was implemented, 98% of women have attended their recall for colposcopy. So far, we have not reached the target of 70% of women for this proposal, as recommended by the international standards. (C) 2017 S. Karger AG, Basel |
Appears in Collections: | Artigos e Materiais de Revistas Científicas - LIM/14 Artigos e Materiais de Revistas Científicas - ODS/03 |
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