Benchmarking epidemiological characteristics of cervical cancer in advance of change in screening practice and commencement of vaccination

Colin G. Luke, Government of South Australia, Department of Health
Anh-Minh Nguyen
Adrian Heard
Bernadette Kenny
Lesley Shorne
David Roder

Abstract

To investigate trends in cervical cancer incidence, mortality and survival by histology for benchmarking purposes ahead of practice change and the introduction of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine. Data was used from the South Australian Cancer Registry.