1 results match your criteria: "Florence fINMP National Institute for Health[Affiliation]"

Cervical cancer screening in immigrant women in Italy: a survey on participation, cytology and histology results.

Eur J Cancer Prev

July 2016

aPlanning and Control staff, AUSL Reggio Emilia bIRCCS-Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova cInter-institutional Epidemiology Unit, AUSL, Reggio Emilia dVeneto Cancer Registry, Veneto Region, Padua eISPO Institute for Cancer Study and Prevention, Florence fINMP National Institute for Health, Migration and Poverty (NIHMP), Rome gDepartment of Prevention, ASL di Mantova, Mantova hUOSD Epidemiology, Cytologic Screening, USL Umbria 1, Umbria iScreening Program Unit, AUSL Viterbo, Viterbo jEpidemiology Unit, CPO Piemonte, Piemonte kDepartment of Prevention, SC Epidemiology and Screening, AUSL 2 Lucca, Lucca lAUSL Romagna, Cesena mUO Community Preventive Medicine and Screening Unit, ASL Brescia, Brescia, Italy.

Cervical cancer screening programmes in Italy actively invite all 25-64-year-old resident women for the Pap test every 3 years irrespective of their citizenship. Immigrant women come from countries where screening is absent or poorly implemented and the prevalence of human papillomavirus is often high. These women therefore have significant risk factors for cervical cancer.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF