Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Comment
. 2014 Jan;11(1):e1001586.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001586. Epub 2014 Jan 14.

Cervical cancer screening in older women: new evidence and knowledge gaps

Anne F Rositch  1 , Michelle I Silver  2 , Patti E Gravitt  3
Affiliations
Comment

Cervical cancer screening in older women: new evidence and knowledge gaps

Anne F Rositch et al. PLoS Med. 2014 Jan.

Abstract

Anne Rositch and colleagues discuss the study by Peter Sasieni and colleagues on cervical cancer screening in older women and describe the further information needed to help inform decisions about whether to extend screening programs beyond 65 years for women with adequate negative screening.

Please see later in the article for the Editors' Summary

PubMed Disclaimer

Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Comment on

References

    1. Castañón A, Landy R, Cuzick J, Sasieni P (2014) Cervical screening at age 50–64 and the risk of cervical cancer over age 65: population based case control study. PLoS Med 11: e1001585 doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001585 - DOI - PMC - PubMed
    1. Saslow D, Solomon D, Lawson HW, Killackey M, Kulasingam SL, et al. (2012) American Cancer Society, American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology, and American Society for Clinical Pathology screening guidelines for the prevention and early detection of cervical cancer. CA Cancer J Clin 62: 147–172. - PMC - PubMed
    1. Rustagi AS, Kamineni A, Weiss NS (2013) Point: cervical cancer screening guidelines should consider observational data on screening efficacy in older women. Am J Epidemiol 178: 1020–1022. - PMC - PubMed
    1. Andrae B, Kemetli L, Sparén P, Silfverdal L, Strander B, et al. (2008) Screening-preventable cervical cancer risks: evidence from a nationwide audit in Sweden. J Natl Cancer Inst 100: 622–629. - PubMed
    1. Lönnberg S, Nieminen P, Luostarinen T, Anttila A (2013) Mortality audit of the Finnish cervical cancer screening program. Int J Cancer 132: 2134–2140. - PubMed

Publication types

MeSH terms