title: Consensus recommendations for cervical cancer prevention in the Czech Republic: a report of the International Conference on Human Papillomavirus in Human Pathology (Prague, 1-3 May 2008).
abstract: A comparison of cervical cancer incidence and mortality in the Czech Republic with that from other countries shows that the burden of cervical cancer here is considerably higher than in Western Europe, where screening is widespread. In May 2008, the International Conference on Human Papillomavirus in Human Pathology was convened to review the latest evidence and to formulate consensus recommendations for the reduction of cervical cancer rates. The Czech Republic is spending considerable resources on cervical cancer prevention, but these resources are being used inefficiently. The current system is characterized by a lack of coordination and monitoring that leads to the over-screening of a minority of women while the majority of the target population are under-screened or not screened at all. It was recommended that a comprehensive, organized programme be implemented, coordinated by an independent administrative body with legal and budgetary responsibility. As the laboratory infrastructure and professional technical skills required for a quality-assured organized screening programme are already in place, implementation of this programme would not require much in the way of additional resources to produce substantial cost-effective reductions in cervical cancer rates.
authors.affiliation: National Reference Laboratory for Papillomaviruses, Department of Experimental Virology, Institute of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, U Nemocnice 1, 128 20 Prague, Czech Republic. rutach@uhkt.cz
authors.forename: Ruth
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tachezy
authors.forename: Philip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Davies
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arbyn
authors.forename: Lukás
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rob
authors.forename: Gunta
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lazdane
authors.forename: Jana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Petrenko
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hamsíková
authors.forename: Alena
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Beková
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Klozar
authors.forename: Jaroslava
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dusková
mesh_terms: D052685:Alphapapillomavirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003245:Consensus Statements as Topic; D018153:Czech Republic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000821:virology*