{"entity":{"id":"screening-chl-cervix","kind":"term","name":"Chile's national cervical cancer screening programme","aka":["Chile: national cervical cancer screening programme"],"tldr":"Chile runs a national cervical cancer screening programme started in 1986, offering HPV test with cytology (co-testing) and cytology (Pap test), as recorded by IARC's CanScreen5 survey (2020).","summary":"IARC's Cancer Screening in Five Continents (CanScreen5) fact sheet describes a national cervical cancer screening programme in Chile, with qualitative data for 2020 (source: Directly from Programme). Policy: documented as a law; programme started in 1986. Tests offered: HPV test with cytology (co-testing) (ages 30 to 64, every 5 years); cytology (Pap test) (ages 25 to 64, every 3 years). Free of charge: screening test yes, diagnostic tests no, treatment no. Invitations: only people not yet screened in the round are invited. Performance indicators (participation, referral and detection rates): none available on the fact sheet.","asOf":"2026-11-04","links":[{"label":"IARC CanScreen5 fact sheet: Chile, cervix","url":"https://canscreen5.iarc.fr/factsheets/CHL/cervix"}],"tags":["screening-programme"],"related":["canscreen5","national-screening-programmes"],"cancers":["cervical"],"sections":["early-detection"],"technologies":["hpv-testing"],"targets":[],"drugs":[],"companies":[],"institutions":[],"pathways":[],"terms":["screening"],"trials":[],"people":[],"bottlenecks":[],"keyPapers":[],"journals":[],"dependsOn":[],"notes":[],"category":"Epidemiology & prevention"},"route":"/terms/screening-chl-cervix/","neighbours":{"collection":[{"id":"canscreen5","kind":"collection","name":"IARC Cancer Screening in Five Continents (CanScreen5)","route":"/collections/canscreen5/"}],"term":[{"id":"national-screening-programmes","kind":"term","name":"National cancer screening programmes","route":"/terms/national-screening-programmes/"},{"id":"screening","kind":"term","name":"Screening","route":"/terms/screening/"}],"cancer":[{"id":"cervical","kind":"cancer","name":"Cervical cancer","route":"/cancers/cervical/"}],"section":[{"id":"early-detection","kind":"section","name":"Early Detection & Screening","route":"/fronts/early-detection/"}],"technology":[{"id":"hpv-testing","kind":"technology","name":"HPV DNA testing and self-sampling","route":"/technologies/hpv-testing/"}]}}