Screening of cervical cancer is aimed at searching for precancerosis and early stages of cervical cancer in an unsympathetic population of women.
Early detection of precancerosis and various stages of cervical cancer is an early stage of disease in which it is treatable and curable.
Target group: women aged 23 - 64
What you need to know before screening HERE
Invitation to screening cervical cancer is done by health insurance companies. In order to unify the invitation, the women of the insured woman will be invited for the first time for screening in the month of their birth. They will then be invited at a date calculated by the date of the actual examination, within a specified time interval.
The woman will undergo a simple and quick examination by your gynecologist*,which is a cervix performer who sends it to a diagnostic laboratory.
If the result of the diagnosis is inconsistent, the gynaecologist sends the woman a supplementary examination of the so-called expert colposcopy. Based on the results of the examination expert colposcopy the doctor will suggest the next procedure.
You can be sent to your doctor for screening, such as a general doctor or gynaecologist.
Screening is the most effective detection tool for early detection of cervical cancer according to all available clinical data.
A large number of women are diagnosed with advanced cervical cancer. Every day in the Slovak Republic, two women become ill with cervical cancer and every third case ends in death due to late diagnosis of the disease.
This screening program is aimed at actively searching for early stages of cervical cancer, which reduces the mortality rate for the disease by up to 30%.
The most significant cause of cervical cancer is persistent infection with human papillomavirus (HPV). Up to 9 out of 10 cases of this cancer can be prevented by regular gynaecological testing. In addition to regular preventive examinations in gynaecologists, there is a very effective form of primary prevention against HPV infection -vaccination.Cancer of the cervix is one of the few malignant diseases in human medicine in which the immediate promoter is known and can be effectively protected against it. HPV vaccination, especially young women, can very effectively protect against cervical cancer.
For more information on HPV vaccinations HERE.
*if the woman has no gynecologist and does not know who to contact, her health insurance company will advise the gynecologists around her.
Gynaecologists around the residence can also be found here: Gynaecological offices
All useful information can be found at:https://www.oncocontrol.sk/
PRE-ACCESSION OF RACOIN BY THE SCREENING INVESTIGATION
BEFORE YOU ARE ADVANCED