자궁경부암의 조기진단

Abstract

Incidence and mortality rates for cervical cancer have decreased steadily in developed Western countries since the 1950s largely as the result of widespread cervical screening. It is now accepted dogma that premalignant disease can be detected by conscientious screening and that cervical cancer can be forestalled by therapeutic modalities that preserve reproductive capacity. However cytologic cervical screening alone has not totally eradicated cervical carcinoma nor has it reduced the incidence of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia. We reviewed methodologies most widely used for early detection of cervical cancer in detail with introduction of a new method which should in-crease the effectiveness of the former methods when used additionally.

Incidence and mortality rates for cervical cancer have decreased steadily in developed Western countries since the 1950s largely as the result of widespread cervical screening. It is now accepted dogma that premalignant disease can be detected by conscientious screening and that cervical cancer can be forestalled by therapeutic modalities that preserve reproductive capacity. However cytologic cervical screening alone has not totally eradicated cervical carcinoma nor has it reduced the incidence of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia. We reviewed methodologies most widely used for early detection of cervical cancer in detail with introduction of a new method which should in-crease the effectiveness of the former methods when used additionally.