One-year follow-up of single-visit approach to cervical cancer prevention based on visual inspection with acetic acid wash and immediate cryotherapy in rural Thailand

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 736-742

  Chumworathayi, B ^a,d   Srisupundit, S ^b   Lumbiganon, P ^a   Limpaphayom, K K ^c  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Thai Gynecological Cancer Society   (Thailand)

^c CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Cervical neoplasia; Colposcopy; Cryotherapy; VIA; Visual inspection with acetic acid

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER PREVENTION; COLPOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOTHERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSE; PAPILLOMA VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SAFETY; SQUAMOCOLUMNAR JUNCTION; THAILAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU;

ACETIC ACID; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; AMBULATORY CARE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CRYOTHERAPY; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RURAL POPULATION; THAILAND; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL DOUCHING;

EID: 47649087371     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: 15251438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1438.2007.01112.x     Document Type: Article

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