National Institute for Public Health and the Environment
Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport
In 2025, the Erasmus MC (Erasmus University Medical Center), conducted an in-depth analysis of the adjustment of the referral scheme within the cervical cancer screening program. A summary of this analysis can be downloaded below.
Cervical cancer is most common in women between the ages of 30 and 60. Every year about 900 people in The Netherlands get cervical cancer, of which about 200 die. Thanks to the population screening, precancerous stages of cervical cancer can be detected early.