County-Level Trends in Cervical Cancer Incidence, Stage at Diagnosis, and Mortality in Kentucky

Haluk Damgacioglu; Todd Burus; Kalyani Sonawane; Elizabeth Hill; Krystle A Lang Kuhs; Ashish A Deshmukh

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.38333

County-Level Trends in Cervical Cancer Incidence, Stage at Diagnosis, and Mortality in Kentucky

JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Oct 2;6(10):e2338333. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.38333.

Authors

Haluk Damgacioglu^{1

2}, Todd Burus³, Kalyani Sonawane^{1

2}, Elizabeth Hill^{1

2}, Krystle A Lang Kuhs^{3

4}, Ashish A Deshmukh^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Public Health Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston.
² Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston.
³ Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington.
⁴ Department of Epidemiology & Environmental Health, College of Public Health, University of Kentucky, Lexington.

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Plain language summary

This cross-sectional study evaluates recent trends in rates of cervical cancer incidence and incidence-based mortality among women in Appalachian and non-Appalachian Kentucky counties.

MeSH terms

Female
Humans
Incidence
Kentucky / epidemiology
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms* / diagnosis
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms* / epidemiology