مروري بر غربالگري سرطان دهانه رحم

AN OVERVIEW OF SCREENING TESTS IN CERVICAL CANCER

Cervical cancer is in most parts of the world is the most common cancer among women after cancer of the breast. Regarding the known etiologies, availability of the organ, the possibility of proper screening test and the long latency between the precancerous lesion and the full blown clinical cancer, screening programs have been able to drastically curtail the incidence and fatality rate of the disease. It appears that by the application of regular screening tests, the disease could be considerably controlled on the face of the fact that in our country, most of the patients still suffer from advanced, invasive and almost irremediable cervical cancer at their first clinical presentation.