Abstract
BACKGROUND: There was concern that failure to screen women aged 20-24 years would increase the number of cancers or advanced cancers in women aged 20-29 years. We describe the characteristics of women diagnosed with cervical cancer in England aged 20-29 years and examine the association between the period of diagnosis, screening history and FIGO stage.
METHODS: We used data on 1800 women diagnosed with cervical cancer between April 2007 and March 2012 at age 20-29 from the National Audit of Invasive Cervical Cancers.
RESULTS: The majority of cancers (995, or 62% of those with known stage) were stage 1A. Cancer at age 20-24 years was rare (12% of those aged 20-29 years), when compared with age 25 (24%) and age 26-29 years (63%); however, cancers in women aged 20-24 years tended to be more advanced and were more often of a rare histological type. For 59% of women under age 30, the cervical cancer was screen detected, most of them (61%) as a result of their first screening test. A three-fold increase in the number of cancers diagnosed at age 25 years was seen since the start of the study period.
CONCLUSION: Cervical cancer at age 20-24 years is rare. Most cancers in women under age 30 years are screen detected as microinvasive cancer.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 35-41 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | British Journal of Cancer |
| Volume | 109 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Early online date | 2 Jul 2013 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 9 Jul 2013 |
Keywords
- Adult
- Age Distribution
- Age Factors
- Early Detection of Cancer
- England
- Female
- Humans
- Incidence
- Mass Screening
- Neoplasm Staging
- Uterine Cervical Neoplasms
- Young Adult
- Journal Article
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
