title: Cervical cancer screening in Spain.
abstract: Castilla y León (Spain) is the most extensive region in Europe, with 94147 km(2), and a population of approximately 2.5 million. The programme for the Prevention of Gynaecological Infections and Cancers offers women between 25 and 65 years of age in Castilla y León the possibility to have a cytological test performed every 3 years. The programme was incorporated into the European Network of Cervical Cancer Screening Programmes in 1994. The main results of the 350000 cytological tests performed in the period 1991-1997 are presented.
authors.affiliation: Health Promotion Service, Junta de Castilla y León, Consejería de Sanidad y Bienestar Social, Programa de Prevención de Infecciones y Cánceres Ginecológicos, Avda. de Burgos, 5, 47071, Valladolid, Spain. pilar.martin@csbs.jcyl.es
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Fernández Calvo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hernández Rubio
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Rosell Aguilar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness / Q000517:prevention & control; D018579:Patient Selection; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*