title: Cervical cancer in Poland: awareness, survival and therapy. Population based studies.
abstract: For the purpose of finding the reasons for the slow changes in the mortality trend among cervical cancer patients, the awareness, survival and therapy were studied. After 26 years of observation, Polish women's knowledge of secondary prevention in cervical cancer has improved in a significant way. The behaviour of women has also slightly improved. Above finding and the low 5-year survivals, large proportion of unfavourable clinical stages on the first diagnosis, the small number of cancer cases eligible for radical treatment and the delays in radiotherapy found in epidemiological and clinical studies, offers some explanation for the observed slow change in the mortality trend.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mass Screening Organisation, Maria Skłodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland. marjok@coi.waw.pl
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jokiel
authors.forename: Magdalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bielska-Lasota
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006266:Health Education / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008499:Medical Records / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008875:Middle Aged; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016019:Survival Analysis; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D014626:Vaginal Smears / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016387:Women's Health