Impact of the introduction of organised screening for cervical cancer in Turin, Italy: cancer incidence by screening history 1992-98.
After an organised cervical screening programme was introduced in Turin in 1992, the age-adjusted cervical cancer incidence ratio in 1992-98 was 0.81 (95% confidence interval (CI) 0.59-1.09) for invited vs not invited women and 0.25 (95% CI 0.13-0.50) for attenders vs non attenders. An organised screening programme can further reduce cervical cancer incidence in an area where substantial spontaneous activity was previously present.
Ronco
G
G
Unit of Cancer Epidemiology, Centre for cancer Epidemiology and Prevention (CPO Piemonte), via San Francesco da Paola 31, 10123 Torino, Italy. guglielmo.ronco@cpo.it
Pilutti
S
S
Patriarca
S
S
Montanari
G
G
Ghiringhello
B
B
Volante
R
R
Giordano
L
L
Zanetti
R
R
Mancini
E
E
Segnan
N
N
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007558:Italy; D008403:Mass Screening; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014626:Vaginal Smears