Reports from Southern California Permanente Medical Group Add New Data to Findings in Cervical Cancer (Opportunities Missed: Cervix Cancer Screening Failures In Women Aged 65 and Older): Oncology – Cervical Cancer

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2023 NOV 08 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Research findings on Oncology - Cervical Cancer are discussed in a new report. According to news reporting from Los Angeles, California, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “This study aimed to determine the screening history and associated outcomes of women diagnosed with cervical cancer after age 65. All patients from 2012 to 2021 diagnosed with squamous, adenocarcinoma, neuroendocrine, or adenosquamous cervical cancer after age 65 in a single managed care organization (MCO) were included in this retrospective cohort study.”

The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from Southern California Permanente Medical Group, “Demographic, medical, screening, pathologic, follow-up, and treatment data were extracted. Statistical analysis was done using chi-square test and logistic regression. Cancer-specific survival was estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method. Of 2,175 patients screened, 209 met inclusion criteria. Only 26.3% of patients had appropriate cervical cancer screening and 41% of patients died of their disease. Managed care organization membership duration of more than 5 years positively correlated with proper cervical cancer screening (p < .001); however, 64% of the long-term members still did not meet criteria to end screening at age 65, with 42.6% of these patients having more than 25 physician visit opportunities to address screening. Increased physician visits correlated with earlier stage at diagnosis of cervical cancer (p = .012). Median cancer-specific survival was significantly better in properly screened patients at 68 vs 30 months, respectively (p = .03). Most patients diagnosed with cervical cancer after age 65 did not have adequate previous screening, including those who were MCO members for more than 5 years. There were many missed opportunities for screening, despite multiple provider touchpoints. The authors’ data suggest that adequate screening confers a survival benefit secondary to earlier stage at diagnosis.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “Further study in this age group is needed to redefine the criteria to end cervix cancer screening.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Opportunities Missed: Cervix Cancer Screening Failures In Women Aged 65 and Older. Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease, 2023;27(4):337-342. Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease can be contacted at: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Two Commerce Sq, 2001 Market St, Philadelphia, PA 19103, USA. (Lippincott Williams and Wilkins - www.lww.com; Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease - http://journals.lww.com/jlgtd/pages/default.aspx)

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Brandon I. Ing, Southern California Permanente Medical Group, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, 4900 Sunset Blvd, 5TH Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90027, United States. Additional authors for this research include Marla E. Scott and Scott E. Lentz.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1097/lgt.0000000000000759. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.