Comparative study of effectiveness of Pap smear versus visual inspection with acetic acid and visual inspection with Lugol's iodine for mass screening of premalignant and malignant lesion of cervix

Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 161-165

  Consul, Shuchi ^a   Agrawal, Avinash ^a   Sharma, Hema ^b   Bansal, Anita ^b   Gutch, Manish ^a   Jain, Nirdesh ^a  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NRCH   (India)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Pap smear; Visual inspection with acetic acid; Visual inspection with Lugol's iodine

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; LUGOL;

ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLPOSCOPY; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; COST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRECANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VISUAL INSPECTION WITH ACETIC ACID; VISUAL INSPECTION WITH LUGOL IODINE;

EID: 84870221797     PISSN: 09715851     EISSN: 09752129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0971-5851.103143     Document Type: Article

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