How can China achieve WHO's 2030 targets for eliminating cervical cancer?

Fanghui Zhao; Jinghe Lang; Youlin Qiao; Lan Zhu

doi:10.1136/bmj-2023-078641

How can China achieve WHO's 2030 targets for eliminating cervical cancer?

BMJ. 2024 Aug 30:386:e078641. doi: 10.1136/bmj-2023-078641.

Authors

Fanghui Zhao¹, Jinghe Lang², Youlin Qiao³, Lan Zhu⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cancer Epidemiology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
² Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National Clinical Research Center for Obstetric and Gynaecological Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Common Mechanism Research for Major Diseases, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
³ Department of Global Health, School of Population Medicine and Public Health, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
⁴ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National Clinical Research Center for Obstetric and Gynaecological Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Common Mechanism Research for Major Diseases, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China zhu_julie@vip.sina.com.

Abstract

Lan Zhu and colleagues assess the challenges of eliminating cervical cancer in China and suggest stepwise approaches tailored to local settings will be required

MeSH terms

China / epidemiology
Disease Eradication
Early Detection of Cancer
Female
Humans
Papillomavirus Vaccines / administration & dosage
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms* / prevention & control
World Health Organization*

Substances

Papillomavirus Vaccines