title: [The present status of mass population screening for cancer of the uterine cervix and the therapeutic results in the detected cases in Miyagi Prefecture].
abstract: The mass screening for cervical cancer in the population of Miyagi Prefecture has covered the total 1,078,999 women by March 1981. Invasive cancer of the uterine cervix was discovered in 1032 women, carcinoma in situ in 829. 2) By methods of the examination, the institutional examination was on 72.5% of the examined in 1980. 3) With regards to the rates of examinees by age and the detection rate of the cancer of uterine cervix in 1980, the low detection rate in the age range of 30-50 years whose examination rate was over 20% compares against the high detection rate in the high age range, whose examination rate was low. 4) CAI in years 1965, 1970, 1975 and 1980 were 60.0, 116.7, 193.2 and 229.8 respectively. 5) The 302 cases of invasive cancer detected and treated before the end of 1974 were classified in clinical stages and investigated the results of treatment. The detection in Stage I was in 84.1%, this high percentage being a main factor to make the total treatment results of uterine cervical cancer pushed up to the high figure.
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008403:Mass Screening; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control*