Cervical cancer: Can it be prevented?

World Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 775-780

  Aggarwal, Pakhee ^a  

^a FORTIS HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Human papilloma virus; Pap smear; Prevention; Screening

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926297044     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22184333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5306/wjco.v5.i4.775     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. International Agency for Research on Cancer, GLOBOCAN database, 2008. Cited 2013-12-10. Available from: URL: http://globocan.iarc.fr/factsheet.asp
2. Aggarwal P, Batra S, Gandhi G, Zutshi V. Can visual inspection with acetic acid under magnification substitute colposcopy in detecting cervical intra-epithelial neoplasia in low-resource settings? Arch Gynecol Obstet 2011; 284: 397-403 [DOI: 10.1007/s00404-010-1673-0. Epub 2010 Sep 24]
3. Park K. Park's Textbook of Preventive & Social Medicine. 18th ed. Jabalpur: Banarsidas Bhanot, 2005: 37
4. Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. Frequently Asked Questions About HPV Vaccine Safety [online]. Cited 2012-04-08. Available from: URL: http://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/Vaccines/HPV/hpv-faqs.html
5. Brotherton JM, Fridman M, May CL, Chappell G, Saville AM, Gertig DM. Early effect of the HPV vaccination programme on cervical abnormalities in Victoria, Australia: an ecological study. Lancet 2011; 377: 2085-2092 [PMID: 21684381 DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60551-5]
6. Kitchener HC, Denton K, Soldan K, Crosbie EJ. Developing role of HPV in cervical cancer prevention. BMJ 2013; 347: f4781 [PMID: 23926316 DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f4781]
7. Solomon D, Castle P, Hildesheim A, Katki HA, Schiffman M, Wacholder S. HPV vaccination in women aged 24-45 years. Lancet 2009; 374: 1239; author reply 1239-1240 [PMID: 19819386 DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61782-7]
8. Posadas EM, Kotz HL. Cervical Cancer. In: Bethesda Handbook of Clinical Oncology, Ed. Abraham J, Gulley JL, Allegra CJ (Eds.) Phildelphia PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2005: 245-246
9. Chih HJ, Lee AH, Colville L, Binns CW, Xu D. A review of dietary prevention of human papillomavirus-related infection of the cervix and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia. Nutr Cancer 2013; 65: 317-328 [PMID: 23530631 DOI: 10.1080/016 35581.2013.757630]
10. Miller AB, Nazeer S, Fonn S, Brandup-Lukanow A, Rehman R, Cronje H, Sankaranarayanan R, Koroltchouk V, Syrjänen K, Singer A, Onsrud M. Report on consensus conference on cervical cancer screening and management. Int J Cancer 2000; 86: 440-447 [PMID: 10760836 DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(2 0000501)86]
11. McCrory DC, Matchar DB, Bastian L, Datta S, Hasselblad V, Hickey J, Myers E, Nanda K. Evaluation of cervical cytology. Evid Rep Technol Assess (Summ) 1999; (5): 1-6 [PMID: 11925972]
12. Saslow D, Solomon D, Lawson HW, Killackey M, Kulasingam SL, Cain JM, Garcia FA, Moriarty AT, Waxman AG, Wilbur DC, Wentzensen N, Downs LS, Spitzer M, Moscicki AB, Franco EL, Stoler MH, Schiffman M, Castle PE, Myers ER, Chelmow D, Herzig A, Kim JJ, Kinney W, Herschel WL, Waldman J. American Cancer Society, American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology, and American Society for Clinical Pathology screening guidelines for the prevention and early detection of cervical cancer. J Low Genit Tract Dis 2012; 16: 175-204 [PMID: 22418039]
13. Goel A, Gandhi G, Batra S, Bhambhani S, Zutshi V, Sachdeva P. Visual inspection of the cervix with acetic acid for cervical intraepithelial lesions. Int J Gynaecol Obstet 2005; 88: 25-30 [PMID: 15617701 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2004.09.018]
14. Aggarwal P, Batra S, Gandhi G, Zutshi V. Comparison of Papanicolaou test with visual detection tests in screening for cervical cancer and developing the optimal strategy for low resource settings. Int J Gynecol Cancer 2010; 20: 862-868 [PMID: 20606535 DOI: 10.1111/IGC.0b013e3181e02f77]
15. Sahasrabuddhe VV, Luhn P, Wentzensen N. Human papillomavirus and cervical cancer: biomarkers for improved prevention efforts. Future Microbiol 2011; 6: 1083-1098 [PMID: 21958146 DOI: 10.2217/fmb.11.87]
16. Wright TC, Schiffman M, Solomon D, Cox JT, Garcia F, Goldie S, Hatch K, Noller KL, Roach N, Runowicz C, Saslow D. Interim guidance for the use of human papillomavirus DNA testing as an adjunct to cervical cytology for screening. Obstet Gynecol 2004; 103: 304-309 [PMID: 14754700 DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000109426.82624.f8]
17. Sahasrabuddhe VV, Parham GP, Mwanahamuntu MH, Vermund SH. Cervical cancer prevention in low- and middle-income countries: feasible, affordable, essential. Cancer Prev Res (Phila) 2012; 5: 11-17 [PMID: 22158053 DOI: 10.1158/1940-6207.CAPR-11-0540]
18. Kesic VI, Soutter WP, Sulovic V, Juznic N, Aleksic M, Ljubic A. A comparison of cytology and cervicography in cervical screening. Int J Gynecol Cancer 1993; 3: 395-398 [PMID: 11578375 DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1438.1993.03060395.x]
19. Hwang SJ, Shroyer KR. Biomarkers of cervical dysplasia and carcinoma. J Oncol 2012; 2012: 507286 [PMID: 22131995 DOI: 10.1155/2012/507286]
20. Orfanoudaki IM, Kappou D, Sifakis S. Recent advances in optical imaging for cervical cancer detection. Arch Gynecol Obstet 2011; 284: 1197-208 [PMID: 21800084 DOI: 10.1007/s00404-011-2009-4]
21. Sellors JW, Sankaranarayanan R. Colposcopy & the treatment of Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia: a beginner's manual. Lyon: IARC Press, 2003: 95-111
22. American Society for Colposcopy & Cervical Pathology. Updated consensus guidelines for managing abnormal cervical cancer screening tests and cancer precursors. Cited 2013-12-16. Available from: URL: http://www.asccp.org/Portals/9/docs/Algorithms 7.30.13.pdf