在老年妇女中查宫癌
1Department of Medicine, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK.
Lancet (London, England)
|January 13, 1990
概括
65岁以上的老年女性应接受宫癌查. 将他们纳入查计划每年可以挽救353人的生命,并显著提高这一年龄组的生存率.
科学领域:
- 在瘤学瘤学.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 妇科 妇科 妇科 妇科
背景情况:
- 许多65岁以上的女性没有接受宫癌查.
- 目前的宫癌查计划排除了65岁以上的女性.
- 这种排除缺乏来自于前入侵性宫病变的自然史的证据.
研究的目的:
- 评估机会性宫癌查对65岁及以上妇女死亡率的影响.
- 确定是否将老年妇女纳入查计划可以提高生存率.
主要方法:
- 使用的5年生存率根据阶段进行调整.
- 模拟了早期检测子宫癌导致的死亡人数减少.
- 在5年的时间里,专注于20岁及以上的女性.
主要成果:
- 机会性查每年可以挽救353人的生命.
- 65岁以上的女性将获得最大的好处,五年死亡率改善63%.
- 通过查更早地检测导致更好的生存结果.
结论:
- 没有基于证据的理由将65岁以上的女性排除在宫癌查之外.
- 建议将老年女性纳入查计划,以改善公共卫生结果.
- 应该考虑对所有女性进行宫癌查,无论年龄如何,基于个体风险和益处.
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