Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program: Increasing Access to Screening. - PubMed - NCBI

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program: Increasing Access to Screening. - PubMed - NCBI

New Publication on Increasing Access to Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening

Among women in the United States, breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer and the second leading cause of cancer deaths. Over the past five decades, cervical cancer cases and deaths have decreased, but cervical cancer burden remains high some groups of women. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program(NBCCEDP) provides breast and cervical cancer screening and diagnostic services to low-income, uninsured, and underinsured women across the nation, reaching over 5 million women since 1991. However, breast and cervical cancer still affects certain populations more than others. In 2016, CDC started exploring new program activities to reach more women in need of screening for breast and cervical cancer. This led to NBCCEDP using new strategies such as partnering with clinics that serve low-income women and helping implement evidence-based interventions (EBIs) known to be effective in increasing breast and cervical cancer screening. In addition, improving the use of data to better target interventions and allocate limited resources is another important activity to expand the reach of NBCCEDP.

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