Visual inspection with acetic acid and cytology in the early detection of cervical neoplasia in Kolkata, India

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 626-632

  Basu, P S ^a   Sankaranarayanan, R ^b   Mandal, R ^a   Roy, C ^a   Das, P ^a   Choudhury, D ^a   Bhattacharya, D ^a   Chatterjee, R ^a   Dutta, K ^a   Barik, S ^a   Tsu, V ^c   Chakrabarti, R N ^a   Siddiqi, M ^a  

^a CHITTARANJAN NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (India)

^b INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^c Prog Appropriate Technol Hlth   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetic acid; Cervical cancer; Control; Cytology; Developing countries; Early detection; Magnification; Prevention; Screening; VIA; VIAM; Visual inspection

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COLPOSCOPY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX DYSPLASIA; VISUAL INSPECTION;

ACETIC ACID; ADULT; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; COLPOSCOPY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 10744223212     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1438.2003.13394.x     Document Type: Article

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