Cervical screening:  time to change the policy

Zardawi, Ibrahim M

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2002.tb04798.x

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To the Editor: I read with interest the article on cervical screening by Dickinson.1 Cervical screening has been the most successful public health measure introduced for the prevention of cancer, and the Pap test has been highly effective in reducing cervical cancer mortality and morbidity.

Correspondence: ibrahim.zardawi@maynegroup.com

1. Dickinson JA. Cervical screening: time to change the policy. Med J Aust 2002; 176: 547-550. <eMJA full text>
2. Cervical cancer screening in New South Wales. Annual statistical report 2000. Sydney: NSW Cervical Screening Program, NSW Pap Test Register, 2000.
3. Larsen NS. Invasive cervical cancer rising in young white females. J Natl Cancer Inst 1994; 86: 6-7.
4. Solomon D, Schiffman M, Tarone R. Comparison of three management strategies for patients with atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance: baseline results from a randomised trial. J Natl Cancer Inst 2001; 93: 293-299.
5. Williams GH, Romanowski P, Morris L, et al. Improved cervical smear assessment using antibodies against proteins that regulate DNA replication. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1998; 95: 14932-14937.

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