Screening and Vaccination
Nearly half of participants had never been tested for hepatitis B surface antigen. More than half of participants had never been tested for H. pylori. Among participants who had been tested, HBsAg positivity was 7.3% and H. pylori positivi…
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Nearly half of participants had never been tested for hepatitis B surface antigen. More than half of participants had never been tested for H. pylori. Among participants who had been tested, HBsAg positivity was 7.3% and H. pylori positivity was 22.7%. Low uptake of screening and vaccination is presented as a deficit in accessible cancer-prevention tools. More than one-quarter of participants had never received hepatitis B vaccination. Most women aged 45 or younger had not been vaccinated against HPV.