Papers

BMJ

Volumn 318, Issue 7188, 1999, Pages 904-

  Quinn, Mike ^a   Babb, Penny ^a   Jones, Jennifer ^a   Allen, Elizabeth ^a  

^a OFFICE FOR NATIONAL STATISTICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007730639     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.318.7188.904     Document Type: Article

References (40)

1. Reeves GK, Appleby P, Beral V, Quinn MJ, Babb PJ, Jones J. Cancer survival in England and Wales: 1981 and 1989 registrations. London: Office for National Statistics, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, 1998(Monitor MB1 98/1.)
2. Berrino F, Sant M, Verdecchia A,Capocaccia R, Hakulinen T, EstèveJ, eds. Survival of cancer patients in Europe. The EUROCARE study. Lyons: International Agency for Research on Cancer, 1995(IARC scientific publication No 132.)
3. Schrijvers CTM, Mackenbach JP, Lutz J-M, Quinn MJ, Coleman MP. Deprivation, stage at diagnosis and cancer survival. Int J Cancer 1995; 63: 324–329.
4. Beral V. Cancer of the cervix: A sexually transmitted infection? Lancet 1974; 1: 1037–1040.
5. Woodman CBJ, Rollason T, Ellis J, Tierney R, Wilson S, Young L. Human papillomavirus infection and risk of progression of epithelial abnormalities of the cervix. Br J Cancer 1996; 73: 553–556.
6. Brinton LA. Epidemiology of cervical cancer—overview.In: MuñozN,Bosch FX, Shah KV, Meheus A, eds. The epidemiology of human papillomavirus and cervical cancer. Lyons: International Agency for Research on Cancer, 1992: 3–23. (IARC scientific publication No 119.)
7. Farmery E, Gray JAM. Report of the first five years of the NHS cervical screening programme. Oxford: National Coordinating Network, 1994.
8. Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. Report of the intercollegiate working party on cervical cytology screening. London: RCOG, 1987.
9. Department of Health and Social Security. Health services management: cervical cancer screening. Heywood: DHSS, 1988(Health circular HC(88)1.)
10. National Audit Office. The performance of the NHS cervical screening programme in England. Report by the comptroller and auditor general. London: Stationery Office, 1998.
11. Department of Health. General practice in the NHS: A new contract. London: DoH, 1989.
12. Department of Health. Cervical screening programme, England: 1994-95 to 1996-97. London: DoH, 1996-97(Statistical bulletins 1996/3, 1996/26, 1997/27.)
13. Office of Population Censuses and Surveys. Cancer statistics—registrations, England and Wales, 1971 to 1992. London: HMSO, 1979-98(Series MB1 Nos 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10-16, 18-25.)
14. Huggett C. Review of the quality and comparability of data held by regional cancer registries. Bristol: Bristol Cancer Epidemiology Unit, 1995.
15. Quinn MJ, Allen E, on behalf of the United Kingdom Association of Cancer Registries. Changes in incidence of and mortality from breast cancer in England and Wales since introduction of screening. BMJ 1995; 311: 1391–1395.
16. Estève J, Benhamou E, Raymond L. Descriptive epidemiology. Statistical methods in cancer research., Vol 4 Lyons: International Agency for Research on Cancer, 1994(IARC scientific publication No 128.)
17. Roberts A. Cervical cytology in England and Wales, 1965-80. Health Trends 1982; 14: 41–42.
18. Department of Health and Social Security. Cervical cytology 1980 to 1987-88. Summary information from form SBH140, England. London: DHSS, 1981-88.
19. Department of Health. Cervical cytology, 1988-89 to 1993-94. Summary information from Form KC53, England. London: DoH, 1989-94.
20. Osmond C, Gardner MJ, Acheson ED. Analysis of trends in cancer mortality in England and Wales during 1951-80 separating changes associated with period of birth and period of death. BMJ 1982; 284: 1005–1008.
21. Sasieni P, Cuzick J, Farmery E. Accelerated decline in cervical cancer mortality in England and Wales. Lancet 1995; 346: 1566–1567.
22. Wilson JMG, Jungner G. Principles and practice of screening for disease. Geneva: World Health Organisation, 1968(WHO public health paper 34.)
23. Day NE. Screening for cancer of the cervix. J Epidemiol Comm Health 1989; 43: 103–106.
24. Raffle AE, Alden B, Mackenzie EFD. Detection rates for abnormal cervical smears: what are we screening for? Lancet 1995; 345: 1469–1473.
25. Johnson J. Media focus on failures of screening programme. BMJ 1997; 314: 1630.
26. Moss S. Screening for cancer of the cervix.In: Chamberlain J, Moss S, eds. Evaluation of cancer screening. London: Springer, 1996: 15–32.
27. Miller AB, Chamberlain J, Day NE, Hakama M, Prorok PC. Report on a workshop of the UICC project on evaluation of screening for cancer. Int J Cancer 1990; 46: 761–769.
28. Van Wijngaarden WJ, Duncan ID. Rationale for stopping cervical screening in women over 50. BMJ 1993; 306: 967–971.
29. Fletcher A. Screening for cancer of the cervix in elderly women. Lancet 1990; 335: 97–99.
30. Wilkinson C, Peters TJ, Harvey IM, Stott NCH. Risk targeting in cervical screening: A new look at an old problem. Br J Gen Practice 1992; 42: 435–438.
31. Chamberlain J. Screening for early detection of cancer.In: Tiffany R, Pritchard AP, eds. Oncology for nurses and health care professionals., Vol 1 London: Harper and Row, 1988: 155–173.
32. Cook GA, Draper GJ. Trends in cervical cancer and carcinoma in situ in Great Britain. Br J Cancer 1984; 50: 367–375.
33. Parkin DM, Nguyen-Dinh X, Day NE. The impact of screening on the incidence of cervical cancer in England and Wales. Br J Obstet Gynaecol 1985; 92: 150–157.
34. Murphy MFG, Campbell MJ, Goldblatt PO. Twenty years' screening for cancer of the uterine cervix in Great Britain 1964-84: further evidence for its ineffectiveness. J Epidemiol Comm Health 1987; 42: 49–53.
35. Austoker J. Screening for cervical cancer. BMJ 1994; 309: 241–247.
36. Lancaster G, Moran T, Woodman C. Towards achieving the health of the nation target for cervical cancer: accuracy of cancer registration. J Pub Health Med 1992; 16: 50–52.
37. Coleman MP, Estève J, Damiecki P, Arslan A, Renard H. Trends in cancer incidence and mortality. Lyons: International Agency for Research on Cancer, 1993(IARC scientific publications No 121.)
38. Herbert A, Breen C, Bryant TN, Hitchcock A, Macdonald H, Millward-Sadler GH, et al. Invasive cervical cancer in Southampton and south west Hampshire: effect of introducing a comprehensive screening programme. J Med Screening 1996; 3: 23–28.
39. Sasieni PD, Cuzick J, Lynch-Farmery E and the National Coordinating Network for Cervical Screening Working Group. Estimating the efficacy of screening by auditing smear histories of women with and without cervical cancer. Br J Cancer 1996; 73: 1001–1005.
40. Raffle AE. Deaths from cervical cancer began falling before screening programmes were established. BMJ 1997; 315: 953–954.