changing medical understandings of cervical cancer and the development of screening programs in post-war ontario
abstract
the history of cervical cancer has been a marginalised and neglected facet of medical
history in canada. my thesis examines changing understandings of the disease over the past 100
years, and, in particular, the rising incidence of cervical cancer and the lack of effective screening,
primarily in canada but also in the united states and the united kingdom. while tracing the
technological advances in screening for cervical cancer is important, there is more of a social
aspect to this history that needs to be investigated. attitudes about women, their health, and their
lifestyles play an integral part in the historical development of the medical understanding of this
disease. while screening programs have been organized internationally, including canada, these
vital services are still not reaching all women. health canada states that up to “ 15% of women
have never been screened; 30% haven’t been screened in the last 3 years...[and] the 5-year
survival rate is only 74%.”' by rediscovering the past medical constructions of the disease and
tracing the development of screening programs on an international level, a clearer understanding
of the problems plaguing programs today may be achieved.
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