Cervical Cancer

Findings from Yonsei University in Cervical Cancer Reported

Published in Cancer Weekly, August 30th, 2011

2011 AUG 30 -- "Cancer screening rates in Korea for five cancer types have increased steadily since 2002. With regard to the life-time cancer screening rates in 2009 according to cancer sites, the second highest was breast cancer (78.1%) and the third highest was cervical cancer (76.1%)," investigators in Seoul, South Korea report.

"Despite overall increases in the screening rate, disparities in breast and cervical cancer screening, based on sociodemographic characteristics, still exist. Data from 4,139 women aged 40 to 74 years from the 2005 to 2009 Korea National Cancer Screening Survey were used to analyze the relationship between sociodemographic...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2011-08-30)

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