Tag: screening
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Screening for HIV infection
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Diagnosis of infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) remains in France a city of medicine current problem.Besides the mandatory reporting of AIDS disease introduction there more than 20 years, the introduction of mandatory reporting of HIV infection from 2003 gives us precise information on the evolution of the epidemic. The estimated number of people infected…
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Breast Cancer Screening
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EPIDEMIOLOGY: Breast cancer is the most common of all cancers in women in industrialized countries. In France, about 42 000 new cases were diagnosed in 2000, representing almost a doubling in twenty years (21 200 cases in 1980). Its annual crude incidence rate was 138 per 100 000 women. Breast cancer accounts for 36% of…
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Screening for cervical cancer
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EPIDEMIOLOGICAL BACKGROUND AND PRINCIPLES OF SCREENING: The cervical cancer represents 437,000 new cases per year worldwide and about 23 000 deaths. It is the second most common cancer after breast cancer corresponding to approximately 10% of female cancers. 80% of cases occur in developing countries, and 20% in developed countries. In France, about 3,400 cases…
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Colorectal cancer screening and prevention
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Annually in France there are about 36 000 new cases of colorectal cancer. The average age of onset is 70 years. This is a rare cancer before age 50 (less than 5%). Its incidence has increased significantly between 1970 and 1990, which is not only due to the aging population. This cancer is responsible for…
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Prostate cancer screening
WHY? According to 2000 statistics, prostate cancer is the most common male cancer (40,000 cases per year), and the second leading cause of cancer death in men (10 000 deaths per year). It occurs mostly beyond 50 years. As with any cancer, the discovery of cancer at a very early stage when the disease is…
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