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Tracy Hampton, PhD

JAMA. 2005;294:893.

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A new report finds that high rates of cervical cancer are indicators of larger health system concerns that may include access to medical care, cultural issues, and factors that affect communicating health information to certain populations. Released by the National Cancer Institute, Excess Cervical Cancer Mortality: A Marker for Low Access to Health Care in Poor Communities indicates that improvements are needed in cervical cancer education and screening, treatment, and related health care for women at risk (http://crchd.nci.nih.gov/meetings/Excess%20CervCanMort.pdf).

After analyzing the literature on cervical cancer, the investigators found that populations of women with high cervical cancer mortality rates tend not to have a usual source of health care, have lower rates of preventative health services and low incomes and educational levels, and live in regions with high rates of screenable and treatable diseases.

A high cervical cancer rate in a population may indicate larger health . . . [Full Text of this Article]