[Consequences of incorrect interpretation of vaginal smear tests in a screening program].

A nested case-control study was undertaken in the Maribo County cohort of 27,811 women with negative cervical smears. Fifty-three women who later developed invasive cervical cancer constituted the cases, and five matched controls were selected from the cohort for each case. A total of 633 previous negative smears for the cases and controls were reviewed independently by two pathologists.

[Status of preventive screening for uterine cervix cancer in Denmark in 1994].

In 1986 The National Board of Health published guidelines for cervical cancer screening in Denmark. These guidelines recommend organized screening with personal invitations every three years to women in the age group 23-59 years, and in the years to come also invitation of women aged 60-74 years. We studied the organization of cervical cancer screening in Danish counties at the beginning of 1994.

Smear misclassification in a cervical cancer screening programme.

A nested case-control study was undertaken in the Maribo County cohort of 27,811 women with negative Pap smears. Sixty women who later developed invasive cervical cancer constituted the cases, and five matched controls were selected from the cohort for each case. A total of 633 previous, negative smears for the cases and controls were reviewed independently by two pathologists.

[Cervical cytological diagnosis of carcinoma].

The predictive value of specifically diagnosing carcinoma by cervical cytology and the sensitivity of the Pap smear in assessing cervical carcinoma were evaluated by retrieving all cytological diagnoses stating carcinoma and all histological diagnoses stating cervical carcinoma from our data files covering the period from 01.04.88 to 31.