Test characteristics of visual inspection with 4% acetic acid (VIA) and Lugol's iodine (VILI) in cervical cancer screening in Kerala, India

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 404-408

  Sankaranarayanan, Rengaswamy ^a   Wesley, Ramani ^b   Thara, Somanathan ^b   Dhakad, Namrata ^b   Chandralekha, Bharathykutty ^b   Sebastian, Paul ^b   Chithrathara, K ^b   Parkin, Donald Maxwell ^b   Nair, Madhavan Krishnan ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^b REGIONAL CANCER CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Acetic acid; Cervical cancer; Control; Cytology; Detection; Developing countries; Lugol's iodine; Prevention; Screening; VIA; VILI; Visual inspection

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; LUGOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; COLOR; COLPOSCOPY; COLUMNAR EPITHELIUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SQUAMOUS CELL; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ACETIC ACID; ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; CERVIX UTERI; COLORING AGENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; IODIDES; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0037491674     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.11245     Document Type: Article

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