Cervical Pap screening among Israeli women, 2005–2010

Abstract

The increase in the rate of squamous cell abnormalities demonstrated in this study emphasizes the need of implementing an education and a screening program among Israeli women. HPV vaccine, sexual behavior, cytology performance and HPV test are primary and secondary prevention tools which may reduce morbidity and mortality in the future. In addition, based on the age at diagnosis of the different pathologies, the age group in which Pap test is performed in Israel should be expanded from 35-54 to 25-65 years.

The Evaluation of Cervical Cytology Results in a Tertiary Health Centre Between 2006-2015

“…In other studies, the rate of HSIL has been given as 0.34-1.18%. 10,19 HSIL was observed less frequently in our country compared to the numbers in the literature. The incidence of HSIL was found to be 0,17 in a multicentre study.…”

“…17 In another study which examined 711000 Pap smear results from Israel, it was specified as 2.72%. 10 In our study, ASC-US was observed most often between the ages of 21-45 (1.32%). ASC-US was observed most often at the age of 42 in this age group (4.21%).…”

“…In other studies, it was shown that the largest increase was for ASC-US results among abnormal smear results over the years. 10,18 The rate of LSIL was found to be 0.27% in our study's patient population. In the distribution according to age, LSIL was observed most often under 21 years of age (0.42%).…”

“…It is an expected result due to HPV transmission in these patients that engage in sexual intercourse at an early age and do not have enough information about sexual health and contraception. When assessed separately according to age, LSIL was seen most frequently in 33-year-old women, and LSIL was seen most frequently at 33.24 years in one study conducted on this subject 10 , at 41.5 years in data from Iran 11 and at 32.3 years in a study performed in India. 12 When examined over the years, LSIL was observed most often in 2011 and was seen at 1.19%.…”

“…The rate of smear results which contained abnormal glandular cells was found to be 0.61%. [10][11][12][13][14] According to data from studies conducted in 2009 and 2010 in our country, abnormal smear results were reported as 1.8% and 1.2%, respectively. 15,16 The first of these studies 15 examined 140 thousand smear results in 33 centres across the country and included 1-year data.…”