Comparison of Papanicolaou test with visual detection tests in screening for cervical cancer and developing the optimal strategy for low resource settings

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 862-868

  Aggarwal, Pakhee ^a   Batra, Swaraj ^a   Gandhi, Gauri ^a   Zutshi, Vijay ^a  

^a LOK NAYAK HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer screening; Low resource settings; Magnavisualizer; Papanicolaou test; VIAM; Visual inspection with acetic acid

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPARA; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VAGINA SMEAR; VAGINAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA;

ACETIC ACID; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OBSTETRICAL AND GYNECOLOGICAL; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956854745     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/IGC.0b013e3181e02f77     Document Type: Article

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