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Cytopathology in Austria
G Breitenecker1, H P Dinges, P Regitnig
1Austrian Society of Cytology Department of Gynaecopathology and Cytology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. gerhard.breitenecker@univie.ac.at
Abstract:
Cervical cancer screening developed rapidly during the 1970s. Today, approximately 1.5 million smears are taken annually, so 50% of the target population are screened every year, 30% are cytologically underserved (24% never had a smears, 6% only once). This figure correlates with the fact that there are still 30% deaths from cervical cancer compared with 1960. Since 1998 a voluntary quality assurance programme was introduced by the Austrian Society of Cytology, based on comparison of results reported from participating laboratories.
