Cent Eur J Public Health 2008, 16(Supplement):S33-S35

Prospectives of Cervical Cancer Prevention in Croatia

Magdalena Grce1, Ariana Znaor2
1 Division of Molecular Medicine, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
2 Cancer Registry, Croatian National Institute of Public Health, Zagreb, Croatia

The situation of cervical cancer prevention in Croatia is hardly well established, in spite of the fact that opportunistic screening is on going for some time and that cervical cancer is on the 8th place of female cancer. Each year, approximately 350 women develop cervical cancer and about 100 die from the disease. A matter of concern is the steady state of the mortality rate. Thus, appropriate cervical cancer prevention programmes should be set up without delay in Croatia.

Keywords: cervix, cancer, screening, HPV vaccination, prevention, Croatia

Published: April 1, 2008  Show citation

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