Kinney Walter K, Huh Warner K
Department of Women's Health, The Permanente Medical Group, 650 Response Road, Sacramento, CA 95815, USA.
Division of Gynecologic Oncology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1700 6th Avenue South, WIC Room 10250, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Prev Med. 2017 May;98:31-32. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2016.12.041. Epub 2017 Feb 6.
The primary goal for many providers in the United States has been to deliver the level of protection against cervical cancer afforded by annual cervical cytology while improving screening test performance. Adoption of recent screening recommendations has been inconsistent and has created considerable consternation and confusion. This editorial addresses the perspective of U.S. patients and providers and how their preferences may run counter to current screening recommendations.
美国许多医疗服务提供者的首要目标一直是在提高筛查测试性能的同时,提供年度宫颈细胞学检查所带来的宫颈癌防护水平。对近期筛查建议的采纳情况并不一致,引发了相当多的担忧和困惑。这篇社论探讨了美国患者和医疗服务提供者的观点,以及他们的偏好可能如何与当前的筛查建议背道而驰。