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ArticleCancers2024

Acceptance of Self-Sampling by Women Not Regularly Participating in Cervical Cancer Screening in Areas with Low Medical Density: A Qualitative Study within the French CapU4 Trial.

Johane Le Goff, Anne-Sophie Le Duc-Banaszuk, Caroline Lefeuvre, Adeline Pivert, Alexandra Ducancelle, Hélène De Pauw, Marc Arbyn, Aubeline Vinay, Franck Rexand-Galais

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Article in Cancers, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Mailing Vaginal or Urine Self-Sampling Kits versus Conventional Invitation Letters: A Randomized Trial to Assess the Effect on Cervical Cancer Screening Attendance.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2025
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  3. Acceptability of Self-Sampling for Cervical Screening in Ethnically Diverse Groups in Northwest England: A Focus Group Study.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Johane Le GoffUniversity of Angers, CLiPsy, SFR CONFLUENCES, F-49000 Angers, France.
Anne-Sophie Le Duc-BanaszukPays de la Loire Regional Cancer Screening Coordination Center (CRCDC Pays de La Loire), F-49000 Angers, France.ORCID 0000-0001-9367-823X
Caroline LefeuvreUniversity of Angers, CHU Angers, HIFIH, SFR ICAT, F-49000 Angers, France.ORCID 0000-0003-4934-5926
Adeline PivertUniversity of Angers, CHU Angers, HIFIH, SFR ICAT, F-49000 Angers, France.
Alexandra DucancelleUniversity of Angers, CHU Angers, HIFIH, SFR ICAT, F-49000 Angers, France.
Hélène De PauwUnit Cancer Epidemiology, Belgian Cancer Center, Sciensano, B1050 Brussels, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-3327-027X
Marc ArbynUnit Cancer Epidemiology, Belgian Cancer Center, Sciensano, B1050 Brussels, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-7807-5908
Aubeline VinayUniversity of Angers, CLiPsy, SFR CONFLUENCES, F-49000 Angers, France.
Franck Rexand-GalaisUniversity of Angers, CLiPsy, SFR CONFLUENCES, F-49000 Angers, France.ORCID 0000-0002-6044-3933

Funding

European Commission 847845French National Cancer Institute 2021-158
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cervical cancer (CC) was diagnosed in 3159 women in France in 2023, and 1117 died from it. Organized screening for cervical cancer is potentially very effective for participating women. However, reaching under-screened populations remains a major challenge. The present qualitative study explored women's opinions on what discourages or encourages them to participate in CC screening and assessed the acceptability of two experimental strategies (urinary or vaginal self-sampling kits) to increase the screening coverage in three rural French administrative departments with low medical density and/or low screening participation rates. Forty-eight semi-structured interviews and four focus groups were conducted by a team of psychologists. Results showed that the participants accepted at-home self-sampling to reach non-participating women in medically underserved areas. However, they suggested that the type of kit sent should be adapted to the patient's profile (embarrassment from earlier exams, cultural aspects, fear of invasiveness, etc.), and that kits should be simple to use (in understandable language taking sociocultural aspects into account). Women wished to be assured that testing on self-samples is accurate and needed information about further actions in case of a positive result.

Indexed as

cervical cancerlow medical densityqualitative studyscreening strategiesunder-screened womenurinary self-samplingvaginal self-sampling

Identifiers

PMID38893189
PMCPMC11171172

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