The influence of overweight and obesity on participation in cervical cancer screening: a systematic review and meta-analysis

FL Sand, A Urbute, LL Ring, AK Kjaer, F Belmonte… - Preventive …, 2023 - Elsevier
The prevalence of obesity is increasing worldwide. The incidence of cervical cancer has
decreased after implementation of cervical cancer screening, however, obese women have …

Anticipatory anxiety and participation in cancer screening. A systematic review

B Goodwin, L Anderson, K Collins, S Sanjida… - Psycho …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives To synthesize current evidence on the association between anticipatory anxiety,
defined as apprehension‐specific negative affect that may be experienced when exposed to …

Women with obesity participate less in cervical cancer screening and are more likely to have unsatisfactory smears: Results from a nationwide Danish cohort study

A Urbute, SK Kjaer, US Kesmodel, K Frederiksen… - Preventive …, 2022 - Elsevier
Some studies found an association between obesity and increased cervical cancer risk, but
potential mechanisms are unknown. In this nationwide register-based cohort study, we …

Validation of BD Onclarity HPV assay on vaginal self-samples versus cervical samples using the VALHUDES protocol

A Latsuzbaia, D Vanden Broeck, S Van Keer… - … Biomarkers & Prevention, 2022 - AACR
Background: In this study, we evaluated accuracy of HPV testing on self-samples versus
clinician-taken samples through the VALHUDES protocol. VALHUDES was designed as a …

Participation in cervical cancer screening among immigrants and Danish-born women in Denmark

R Hertzum-Larsen, SK Kjær, K Frederiksen… - Preventive …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this nationwide register-based cohort study, we examined cervical cancer screening
participation among immigrants in Denmark by country and region of origin. Furthermore, we …

Clinical Performance of the RealTime High Risk HPV Assay on Self-Collected Vaginal Samples within the VALHUDES Framework

A Latsuzbaia, D Vanden Broeck, S Van Keer… - Microbiology …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
The VALHUDES framework (NCT03064087) was established to evaluate the clinical
accuracy of HPV testing on self-samples compared with HPV testing on matched clinician …

Effect of patient characteristics on uptake of screening using a mailed human papillomavirus self-sampling kit: a secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial

RL Winer, J Lin, JA Tiro, DL Miglioretti… - JAMA Network …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Mailing human papillomavirus (HPV) self-sampling kits increases cervical
cancer screening participation, but effects may differ across subpopulations. Subpopulation …

The acceptability and preference of vaginal self-sampling for human papillomavirus (HPV) testing among a multi-ethnic Asian female population

SP Khoo, WT Lim, R Rajasuriar, NH Nasir… - Cancer Prevention …, 2021 - AACR
Vaginal self-sampling for human papillomavirus (HPV) testing can potentially increase
cervical screening coverage. This study aimed to investigate the acceptability of vaginal self …

[HTML][HTML] Experiences and preferences towards collecting a urine and cervicovaginal self-sample among women attending a colposcopy clinic

M Schaafsma, R van den Helder, MCG Bleeker… - Preventive medicine …, 2022 - Elsevier
The effectiveness of cervical cancer screening is hampered by low attendance rates. The
collection of a urine sample is hypothesized to engage non-attenders in cervical cancer …

[HTML][HTML] Investigating the decrease in participation in the Dutch cervical cancer screening programme: The role of personal and organisational characteristics

CA Aitken, S Kaljouw, AG Siebers, M Bron… - Preventive medicine …, 2021 - Elsevier
Declining attendance in the Dutch cervical cancer screening programme was recently
observed, coinciding with preparations for implementing primary hrHPV-based screening …