Department of Community Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India.
Department of Preventive Oncology, Mahamana Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya Cancer Center and Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital, Tata Memorial Centers, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Cancer. 2022 Dec 1;128(23):4041-4046. doi: 10.1002/cncr.34486. Epub 2022 Oct 14.
It has been 46 years since the launch of cancer control programs in India and yet the recent National Family Health Survey (fifth round, 2019-2021) has reported that just 1.9% of women aged 30-49 years have ever undergone cervical cancer screening. The cost of delayed diagnosis of cervical cancer and its treatment is overwhelming, and the rural population takes the worst hit. It is the need of the hour that the Indian health system and policymakers identify the barriers and facilitators for cervical cancer early detection and provide pragmatic solutions so that the targets of cervical cancer elimination can be achieved in a timely manner.
自印度启动癌症控制项目以来，已经过去了 46 年，但最近的全国家庭健康调查（第五轮，2019-2021 年）报告称，只有 1.9%的 30-49 岁女性曾接受过宫颈癌筛查。宫颈癌诊断和治疗的延误成本是巨大的，农村人口受到的打击最为严重。现在迫切需要印度卫生系统和政策制定者确定宫颈癌早期检测的障碍和促进因素，并提供切实可行的解决方案，以便及时实现消除宫颈癌的目标。
