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## Abstract With respect to cervical cancer management, Finland and the Netherlands are comparable in relevant characteristics, __e.g__., fertility rate, age‐of‐mother at first birth and a national screening programme for several years. The aim of this study is to compare trends in incidence of and mortality from cervical cancer in Finland and the Netherlands in relation to the introduction and intensity of the screening programmes. Therefore, incidence and mortality rates were calculated using the Cancer Registries of Finland and the Netherlands. Data on screening intensity were obtained from the Finnish Cancer Registry and the Dutch evaluation centre at ErasmusMC‐Rotterdam. Women aged 30–60 have been screened every 5 years, in Finland since 1992 and in the Netherlands since 1996. Screening protocols for smear taking and referral to the gynaecologist are comparable. Incidence and mortality rates have declined more in Finland. In 2003, age‐adjusted incidence and mortality in Finland were 4.0 and 0.9 and in the Netherlands 4.9 and 1.4 per 100,000 woman‐years, respectively. Excess smear use in the Netherlands was estimated to be 24 per 1,000 women during a 5‐year interval compared to

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Author

Maaike A. van der Aa; Eero Pukkala; Jan Willem W. Coebergh; Ahti Anttila; Sabine Siesling

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley; Research Square; Test accounts (ISSN 0020-7136)

Published

2007

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)