Efficacy of offering a self-sampling device by the GP to reach women underscreened in the routine cervical cancer screening programme compared to sending reminder letters by the screening organization (ESSAG trial) Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Cervical cancer is highly preventable through accurate screening, but there is an important social inequity in both the uptake of cervical screening as well as in the incidence and mortality of cervical cancer. Especially women over 50 years old, living in poverty or not having the Belgian nationality are less screened and show higher incidence of cervical cancer. Today, consistent evidence is available indicating that screening with an HPV test ...