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ReviewInternational journal of women's health2026

Cervical Cancer Screening in Transition: Global Challenges and Local Realities.

Altynshash Rakhat, Gulzhanat Aimagambetova

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Review in International journal of women's health, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Altynshash RakhatSchool of Medicine, Nazarbayev University, Astana, 010000, Kazakhstan.ORCID 0009-0009-9683-5726
Gulzhanat AimagambetovaDepartment of Surgery, School of Medicine, Nazarbayev University, Astana, 010000, Kazakhstan.ORCID 0000-0002-2868-4497

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cervical cancer remains a major global public health concern that disproportionally affects women in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), despite being largely preventable through effective primary and secondary prophylaxis. Persistent infection with high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) is the principal cause of cervical cancer, highlighting the importance of both HPV vaccination and HPV-based screening. This narrative review examines current evidence on the natural history, prevention, and epidemiology of cervical cancer, with particular emphasis on screening practices and emerging innovative methods. It highlights the global patterns in cervical cancer incidence and mortality and provides regional contexts with the specific focus on the evolution of cervical cancer screening techniques, including cytology-based methods, HPV DNA testing, and the increasing role of self-sampling approach. Future perspectives are discussed in relation to the World Health Organization's cervical cancer elimination strategy.

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cervical cancercervical cancer screeninghealthcare accessHPVHPV genotypingHPV vaccinationPap testpreventionself-sampling

Identifiers

PMID42441303
PMCPMC13335833

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