[Mass screening for cervix cancer under the law of health for the elderly in Fukuoka Prefecture].
Mass screening for cancer of the uterine cervix was performed mainly in a screening car or by a gynecological practitioner in Fukuoka Prefecture. In 1983, 114,000 women were screened for cervix cancer, and 102 cervix cancers were detected. Cytology activity index was 110. To reduce deaths from cervix cancer, 400,000 women should be screened by cytology. Detection of cancer in the population with abnormal cytology was not satisfactory in some departments. The gynecologists in these departments should be trained for colposcopic practice. The training of cytotechnologists is also necessary for the elimination of false negative cytology. These trainings are now being done under the law of health for the elderly.
Kashimura
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Kato
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Nagano
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Ikushima
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Nishi
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D000368:Aged; D003127:Colposcopy; D003581:Cytodiagnosis; D005260:Female; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008403:Mass Screening; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control*