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Cervical Cancer Mortality in East-Central European Countries

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  • Cezary Wojtyla

    (Department of Oncologic Gynecology and Obstetrics, The Center of Postgraduate Medical Education, 00-416 Warsaw, Poland)

  • Michal Ciebiera

    (Second Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Center of Postgraduate Medical Education, 01-809 Warsaw, Poland)

  • Dariusz Kowalczyk

    (Faculty of Health Sciences, State University of Applied Sciences, 62-800 Kalisz, Poland)

  • Grzegorz Panek

    (Department of Oncologic Gynecology and Obstetrics, The Center of Postgraduate Medical Education, 00-416 Warsaw, Poland)

Abstract

Changes that took place in Europe in the early 1990s had an impact on health-associated issues. They were an impulse for the changes in healthcare systems and, consequently, also for the changes in cancer control programmes. Those changes also had an effect on mortality rates due to cervical cancer (CC). Therefore, the aim of this study is to analyse CC mortality trends in east-central Europe after 1990. Data on deaths due to CC were retrieved from the WHO Mortality Database. Trends in east-central European countries between 1990 and 2017 were assessed using Joinpoint Regression Program software. CC mortality decreased in the majority of analysed countries. However, an increase was observed in Latvia and Bulgaria. Despite decreasing mortality in the majority of the analysed countries, significant differences were observed. In order to improve the epidemiological situation, effective early detection programmes for cervical cancer ought to be rearranged and based not only on pap smears but also on molecular methods, as well as on introducing widespread programmes of vaccination against HPV.

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  • Cezary Wojtyla & Michal Ciebiera & Dariusz Kowalczyk & Grzegorz Panek, 2020. "Cervical Cancer Mortality in East-Central European Countries," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(13), pages 1-11, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:17:y:2020:i:13:p:4639-:d:377272
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