title: Factors related to second cancer screening practice in disease-free cervical cancer survivors.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Although cancer survivors are at increased risk for developing cancers at other sites, little is known about the current status of second cancer (cancers other than the index cancer) screening practices and related factors in cervical cancer survivors.
  
  
  METHODS
  We enrolled 809 cervical cancer survivors aged >or=40 years who had been treated at six hospitals from 1983 to 2004. Subjects filled out a questionnaire that included the practices of second cancer screening (breast, stomach, and colorectum) and other sociodemographic variables.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among subjects, 38.9% had been recommended to receive screening for other cancers from health care providers, and 27.4% reported that they thought they had lower risk of other cancer than general population. Older (age >or=65 years) and poor (family income <1,000$/month) subjects were less likely to have second cancer screening. Those to whom health care providers had recommended screening for other cancers (aOR = 2.14; 95% CI, 1.54-2.98), and those who had an appropriate perception of second cancer risk (aOR = 1.64; 95% CI, 1.11-2.43) were more likely to undergo breast cancer screening.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Lack of a recommendation for second cancer screening from health care providers and the misperception of second cancer risk might have negative impacts on the breast cancer screening behaviors in cervical cancer survivors.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cancer Control, National Cancer Center, 809 Madu-dong, Ilsan-gu, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, 411-769, Korea.
authors.forename: Sang Min
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Chong Taik
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Sang Yoon
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Duk-Soo
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Bae
authors.forename: Joo Hyun
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Nam
authors.forename: Chi-Heum
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Jong Min
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Craig C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Earle
authors.forename: Young Ho
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Yun
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008875:Middle Aged; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017741:Survivors / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms