Psychological factors and demands for breast and cervical cancer screening

Breast and cervical cancer screening (BCS/CCS) has been introduced in many countries for decades [1,2]. However, their cost-effectiveness depends heavily on uptake of the service [3]. Inadequate use of the screening directly prevents the target women from benefiting; while overuse and disproportionate use leads to resource wastage and reduction in cost-efficiency [4]. BCS/CCS uptake varies greatly between nations even between population groups within a given nation. Reported uptake rate of ever getting BCS ranged from 3.2% to 52.8% in different states of the United States [5] and 76.2% for the Norwegian Breast Cancer Screening Program [6]; while uptake of CCS by different age groups, ragned broadly from 1.5% to 73.2% in the U.S.

Source: Patient Education and Counseling - February 24, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Tao Jiang, Donghua Wei, Rui Sha, Junqing Zhang, Xiaopeng Zhang, Rui Feng, Xingrong Shen, Paul Kadetz, Debin Wang Source Type: research