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Cervical Screening Hong Kong. Knowledge health perception and attendance rate among Hong Kong Chinese women. Remember that the cervical smear is a screening test for detecting early abnormal changes in the cervix. Our clinic is accredited by The Hong Kong Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology as well as The Hong Kong College of. Treatment of pre-cancerous lesions has a cure rate that is close to 100.
Many new immigrant participants had never undergone regular cervical screening while almost all Hong Kong participants had done so. However a cervical cancer awareness survey last year that covered 300 women in Hong Kong produced the startling result that even though there was a good level of awareness of cervical cancer 83 and of HPV 65 only 38 of women were aware of the link between the two. Almost all cervical cancers are caused by persistent infection with one of the cancer-causing or high-risk human papillomavirus HPV types. Cervical cancer is one of the common cancers among females in Hong Kong. The two projects organise free cervical screening for low-income women new immigrants from Mainland China and ethnic minority women. The Family Planning Associations Cervical Disease Clinic offers colposcopic examination for clients who are diagnosed to have abnormal cells in Pap test screenings.
Cervical Screening Programme of the Department of Health.
However a cervical cancer awareness survey last year that covered 300 women in Hong Kong produced the startling result that even though there was a good level of awareness of cervical cancer 83 and of HPV 65 only 38 of women were aware of the link between the two. Knowledge health perception and attendance rate among Hong Kong Chinese women. Ripple Action and WE Stand are projects co-organised by the Hong Kong Women Doctors Association. Our clinic is accredited by The Hong Kong Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology as well as The Hong Kong College of. In Hong Kong both public and private healthcare sectors as well as non-government organisations provide cervical cancer screening. Treatment of pre-cancerous lesions has a cure rate that is close to 100.