Knowledge about cervical cancer among Polish and Finnish female students.

Objectives: The purpose of the study was to assess the knowledge of Polish and Finnish students about cervical cancer prevention and the factors influencing it.

Study Design: 427 women took part in the research, 175 of whom were Finns and 252 Poles. The questionnaire had 20 questions.

[Survival of cervical cancer patients in selected regions of Poland in 1990-1996, in relation to some prognostic factors].

To evaluate whether cervical cancer patients in selected regions of Poland show similar 5-year survival rates and if they are different from European average and, also, to evaluate the effect of selected prognostic factors. The analysis based on a cohort of 1386 cervical cancer cases identified by population-based Cancer Registries collecting data from Kieleckie and Opolskie voivodships and from the City of Warsaw in 1990-96. These data become complete by adding information from medical records.