[Cervical cancer screening in Switzerland - current practice and future challenges]

Untiet, Sarah; Schmidt, Nicole; Low, Nicola; Petignat, Patrick (2013). [Cervical cancer screening in Switzerland - current practice and future challenges]. Therapeutische Umschau, 70(4), pp. 223-230. Hans Huber 10.1024/0040-5930/a000393

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At the beginning of the 20th Century, cervical cancer was the leading cause of death from cancer in women. A marked decline in cervical cancer has been observed since the 1960s, in parallel with the introduction of the Papanicolau (Pap) test as a cytological screening method. Today, Pap smear screening is still the most widely used tool for cervical cancer prevention. Testing for human papillomavirus (HPV) in cervical specimens or a combination of Pap and HPV testing are also now available. In this article we compare current guidelines for cervical cancer screening in Switzerland with those in other European countries. In view of the opportunities offered by HPV testing and, since 2008, HPV vaccination, current guidelines for cervical cancer screening should be updated. Both the choice of screening tests and general organization of cervical cancer screening should be reviewed.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Review Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM)

UniBE Contributor:

Low, Nicola

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health
300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 360 Social problems & social services

ISSN:

0040-5930

Publisher:

Hans Huber

Language:

German

Submitter:

Doris Kopp Heim

Date Deposited:

26 Feb 2014 11:46

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 14:28

Publisher DOI:

10.1024/0040-5930/a000393

PubMed ID:

23535549

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.41856

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/41856

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