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Preventable, Yet Unprevented: The Cervical Cancer Screening Landscape in Eastern Europe and Bulgaria

Figure 1. Proposed risk-stratified framework for HPV-based cervical cancer screening in Bulgaria.Proposed risk-stratified framework for HPV-based cervical cancer screening in Bulgaria.Yordanov et al. · CC BY

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Abstract

Cervical cancer is one of the most preventable malignancies, yet disparities in survival remain a significant public health burden across Eastern Europe and the Balkans.

Cervical cancer screening
Cervical cancer
CDKN2A
MKI67
Humans

The paper

Angel Danchev Yordanov, Tsvetan Yordanov, Eva Tsoneva,

I.V. Petrov, Ihsan Hasan, Dimo Manov, Stoyan Georgiev Kostov,

Assia Konsoulova

Medical University Pleven · Bulgarian Joint Cancer Network

Healthcare · 11 Sep 2026 · CC BY

doi.org/10.3390/healthcare14182973 PubMed 42793514