title: Incidence of cervical cancer in perimenopausal and postmenopausal women detected by Papanicolaou smears.
abstract: This paper concerns itself with the prevalence of abnormal Papanicolaou smears in women 40 years of age or older. They are considered in two groups, i.e. perimenopausal (40 through 49) and postmenopausal (50 or more). In the perimenopausal group, the incidence of abnormal smears was higher than in a central population of women of all age groups. Abnormal smears were less than half as common in the postmenopausal group. Invasive cancer was four times greater in the perimenopausal group and two times greater in the postmenopausal group.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002278:Carcinoma in Situ / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008593:Menopause; D008875:Middle Aged; D008923:Missouri; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D065006:Papanicolaou Test; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014626:Vaginal Smears