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Decreased incidence of cervical cancer in medicare-eligible California women.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  12100807     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
OBJECTIVE: To determine if the incidence of invasive cervical cancer relative to carcinoma in situ decreased in Medicare-eligible women. METHODS: A retrospective cohort was amassed from the California Cancer Registry database. The hypothesis was prospectively specified. Mean ratio of invasive (International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics Stages I-IV) to in situ cervical carcinoma in 1988-1990 versus 1991-1995 was stratified by age (24 or younger, 25-44, 45-64, 65 or older) and race (all races, whites, blacks, Hispanics, Asian/Pacific Islanders). RESULTS: The mean ratio of invasive to in situ cervical cancer incidence for women at least 65 years old was lower in 1991-1995 compared with 1988-1990 (P <.001, 95% confidence interval 0.893, 0.954); and had decreased more than observed for women aged 45-64 and 25-44, for all races combined, and for white women. The decreased ratio of invasive to in situ cancer for blacks, Hispanics, and Asian/Pacific Islanders at least 65 years old was no different than the decreased ratio in younger women. CONCLUSION: In California, in the 5 years after the 1990 change in Medicare funding statutes for cervical cytology screening, the ratio of invasive cervical cancer to in situ disease decreased more in Medicare-eligible patients than in younger women.
Authors:
Terri L Cornelison; Fredrick J Montz; Robert E Bristow; Betty Chou; Alessandro Bovicelli; Scott L Zeger
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Obstetrics and gynecology     Volume:  100     ISSN:  0029-7844     ISO Abbreviation:  Obstet Gynecol     Publication Date:  2002 Jul 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2002-07-08     Completed Date:  2002-08-02     Revised Date:  2009-10-26    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0401101     Medline TA:  Obstet Gynecol     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  79-86     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
Kelly Gynecologic Oncology Service, Department of Gynecology, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland 21210, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Age Distribution
Aged
California / epidemiology
Carcinoma in Situ / diagnosis,  economics,  epidemiology*
Cohort Studies
Female
Humans
Incidence
Mass Screening / economics*
Medicare / economics*,  standards
Middle Aged
Policy Making
Registries
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / diagnosis,  economics,  epidemiology*

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