title: Effectiveness of national cervical cancer screening programme in Taiwan: 12-year experiences.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  We examined cervical cancer incidence before and after nationwide cervical cancer screening was initiated in Taiwan in mid-1995.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The invasive cancer incidence decreased by 47.8% during 1995-2006. The carcinoma in situ incidence increased 1.7-fold during 1995-2000, and decreased by 19.6% during 2000-2006.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The Taiwan national programme has significantly decreased invasive cervical cancer.
authors.affiliation: Graduate Institute of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Y-Y
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: S-L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: You
authors.forename: C-A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: L-Y
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Shih
authors.forename: S-L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Koong
authors.forename: K-Y
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Chao
authors.forename: M-L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Hsiao
authors.forename: C-Y
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Hsieh
authors.forename: C-J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D013624:Taiwan / Q000453:epidemiology; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*