Review of recommendations on cervical cancer screening in the European Union.
In 2000 the European Commission Advisory Committee on Cancer Prevention published a position paper on cancer screening with recommendations. This followed working party deliberations in 1998 and conference discussion in 1999. Scientific advances, particularly in knowledge about the relationship of HPV and cervical cancer and political developments with the enlargement of the European Union, mean that the position paper and recommendations may shortly need revising in the light of changed circumstances.
Patnick
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NHS Cancer Screening Programmes, Sheffield, UK. julietta.patnick@sheffield-ha.nhs.uk
D005062:European Union; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control