Barriers to cancer screening uptake and approaches to overcome them: a systematic literature review.

As such, there was an observed trend for cervical cancer screening uptake declining with age ( 148 – 150 ), as older age can be a potential barrier given that national screening programs may have an age cut-off screening threshold ( 142 – 146 ), and as post-menopausal women may feel less at risk or who are no longer regularly seeing gynecologists ( 151 ).

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