Efficacy of Primary Screening of Cervical Cancer

Abstract

A prospective descriptive study was carried out to evaluate efficacy of pap smear screening campaign in Amphoe Mueang, Kanchanaburi Province during October 2006 - September 2007.Increasing number of  women 35,40,45,50,55 and 60 years of age were enrolled in pap smear screening in 2007 relative to those in 2005 and 2006.  Specimens collected by mobile unit were more of inferior quality (2.30%) than those collected by gynecologists (1.12%) in the hospital. The women with abnormal pap smear were effectively followed by health care personnel. This study indicated that the pap smear screening promotion was an important strategy in prevention of cervical cancer. However , the mobile unit will prove to be very beneficial in primary screening of cervical cancer in remote areas.