Organization of cervical cancer screening in Campinas and surrounding region, São Paulo State, Brazil

Bibliographic Data

ID5231730
AuthorsLuiz Carlos Zeferino (0000-0002-5495-0971, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)), José Aristodemo Pinotti (Universidade de São Paulo), Jessé P Neves Jorge (Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)), Maria Cristina A Westin (Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)), Julia K Tambascia (Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)), Julia Tambascia (Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)), Eliana Borin Lopes Montemor (Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP))
Year2006
Volume22
Issue9
Pages1909-1914
Publication date2006-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCadernos de Saude Publica (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0102-311X • E-ISSN: 1678-4464
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/s0102-311x2006000900022
PMID16917588
OpenAlexW2099139625
SCIELO_PIDS0102-311X2006000900022
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited9

Cervical cancer screening remains a challenge in developing countries due to a complex array of problems. This paper aimed to describe the experience with organization of cervical cancer screening in three districts of Campinas and the surrounding region in São Paulo State, Brazil, and to report the resulting data. The program was organized in a pyramid format, and the health care hierarchy was defined according to the complexity and total number of medical procedures. Screening has been extended currently to 88 municipalities, of which 51 are equipped with colposcopy and eight have facilities for treating advanced cervical cancer. The standardized incidence rate for cervical cancer in Campinas was 14.2/100,000 women per year in 1993-1995, and the standardized mortality rate per district ranged from 2.7 to 3.0 per 100,000 women in 1997-1998. This project has clearly shown that hierarchical and decentralized organization of health procedures is a necessary condition for achieving the goals of an effective cervical cancer screening program

Cancer · Cervical cancer · Cervical cancer screening · Colposcopy · Family medicine · Gynecology · Incidence (geometry) · Obstetrics · Cervical Cancer and HPV Research · Demography · Global Cancer Incidence and Screening · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Women's cancer prevention and management

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