{"entity":{"id":"screening-rou-cervix","kind":"term","name":"Cervical cancer screening programme in Romania","aka":["Romania: national cervical cancer screening programme"],"tldr":"Romania runs a national cervical cancer screening programme started in 2012, offering cytology (Pap test), as recorded by IARC's CanScreen5 survey (2016).","summary":"IARC's Cancer Screening in Five Continents (CanScreen5) fact sheet describes a national cervical cancer screening programme in Romania, with qualitative data for 2016 (source: Other (EU Report 2017)). Policy: documented as a recommendation; programme started in 2012. Tests offered: cytology (Pap test) (ages 25 to 64, every 5 years). Free of charge: screening test yes, diagnostic tests not reported, treatment not reported. Invitations: the eligible population is invited (Other (Oraly by GP)). Performance indicators (participation, referral and detection rates): reported for 2016 on the fact sheet. A National Institute of Public Health press release of 17 November 2025 says Ministry of Health order 3735/2024 now sets the screening methodology, and that a regional pilot introduced HPV testing in four regions (North-West, North-East, South-Muntenia and Centre), aimed at 680,000 women aged 25 to 64.","asOf":"2026-11-04","links":[{"label":"IARC CanScreen5 fact sheet: Romania, cervix","url":"https://canscreen5.iarc.fr/factsheets/ROU/cervix"},{"label":"INSP press release, 17 November 2025, as published by DSP Gorj (PDF, Romanian)","url":"https://dsp-gorj.centruldecalcul.ro/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Comunicat-de-presa-1.pdf"}],"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-rou-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/"}]}}