[Carcinoma of the cervix, the distribution of stages from 1963 to 1976 in one hospital using the same diagnostic and therapeutic principles (author's transl)].
Advanced carcinomas of the cervix are today diagnosed in an earlier stage than previously. This phenomenon is not explained by preventive examinations. Apparently there are two different ways of avoiding the consequences of advanced carcinoma of the cervix. 1. Early diagnostic measures are expensive. This method promises the best results if it were possible to persuade those women who do not come for preventive examinations to present themselves. 2. A rising level of health consciousness is not directly related to actions by physicians. This avenue of avoiding advanced carcinoma of the cervix is however very promising. If the complex reasons for the favorable development of earlier diagnosis of invasive carcinoma of the cervix could be analyzed exactly, improvements could also be obtained through this second avenue.
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening; D013997:Time Factors; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014626:Vaginal Smears
Zervixkrebs. Die Verteilung der Krankheitsbilder von 1963 bis 1976 in einer Klinik bei gleichen diagnostischen und therapeutischen Prinzipien.