… However, in a situation with already a low incidence rate the extra benefits in absolute terms
… One study showed that the trend in cervical cancer incidence in the Netherlands is partly …

… cervical cancer screening with the Pap smear has been offered to the population in the
Netherlands … This performance of the current program is compared with the situation before 1996, …

… The cervical cancer screening activities in The Netherlands have been structured to a new
… It will take at least 5 years before the changes result in a new more or less steady situation in …

… Multilevel logistic regression modelling extends ordinary regression analysis to the situation
where the data are hierarchical,25 so we considered it the most appropriate technique for …

… If the cohort values are interpreted in terms of birth there was a more or less stable situation
until … DISCUSSION Organized screening on a large scale started in the Netherlands in 1976. …

… cause cervical cancer is generally expected to significantly reduce the burden of cervical
cancer … As mentioned, in the Netherlands 600–700 cases of cervical cancer occur every year, …

… determining which policies of cervical cancer screening in The Netherlands generate the best
… , except for situations in which women have possible cervical cancer-related symptoms, a …

… into cervical abnormalities and cervical cancer. The model … cervical cancer, the detection
of high-grade CIN and the prevalence of high-risk HPV in the current situation of cervical cancer …

… gained compared with a situation without screening. All … stage distribution, detection rates
of CIN and cervical cancer, hrHPV … cervical cancer mortality rates observed in the Netherlands …

… cervical cancer mortality in relation to the sensitivity of the screening and the coverage of the
target population in The Netherlands. … ; red dotted line, actual situation with a 70% coverage …