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Cervical cancer prevention: the saga goes on, but so much has changed!

Gerard V Wain
Med J Aust 2006; 185 (9): 476-477.

Major changes to the screening environment dictate a review of this successful program

Gerard V Wain, FRANZCOG, CGO, Director
Department of Gynaecological Oncology, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, NSW.
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Australian Health Ministers’ Advisory Council Cervical Screening Evaluation Committee. Cervical cancer screening in Australia: options for change. Canberra: AGPS, 1991. (Australian Institute of Health Prevention Program Evaluation Series No. 2.)
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Canfell K, Sitas F, Beral V. Cervical cancer in Australia and the United Kingdom: comparison of screening policy, uptake, cancer incidence and mortality. Med J Aust 2006; 185: 482-486. <eMJA full text>
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Cervical screening in Australia 2002-2003. Canberra: AIHW, 2005. (AIHW Cat. No. 26; Cancer Series No. 31.)
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Mitchell HS. How much cervical cancer is being prevented [letter]? Med J Aust 2003; 178: 298.
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How much cervical cancer is being prevented?
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National Cervical Screening Program. Screening to prevent cervical cancer: guidelines for the management of asymptomatic women with screen detected abnormalities. Canberra: National Health and Medical Research Council, 2005.
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Nogrady B, McLean B. Pap guidelines are dangerous. Aust Doctor 2004; 6 Aug: 1.
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Wain GV, Kulasingam S, Connelly L, et al. Potential health and economic impact of an HPV in Australia. Program and abstracts of the Public Health Association of Australia 10th National Immunisation Conference. Sydney; 31 Jul 2006. Canberra: PHAA, 2006.
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Binns PL, Condon JR. Participation in cervical screening by Indigenous women in the Northern Territory: a longitudinal study. Med J Aust 2006; 185: 490-494. <eMJA full text>
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Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia. Submission to Australian Senate Inquiry on Gynaecological Cancer in Australia. August 2006. http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/clac_ctte/gynaecological_cancer/submissions/sub57.pdf (accessed Sep 2006).
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