Effectiveness of VIA, Pap, and HPV DNA testing in a cervical cancer screening program in a peri-urban community in Andhra Pradesh, India.

Effectiveness of VIA, Pap, and HPV DNA testing in a cervical cancer screening program in a peri-urban community in Andhra Pradesh, India.

While many studies have compared the efficacy of Pap cytology, visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA) and human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA assays for the detection cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and cancer, few have evaluated the program effectiveness.A population-based sample of 5603 women from...

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Main Authors: Patti E Gravitt, Proma Paul, Hormuzd A Katki, Haripriya Vendantham, Gayatri Ramakrishna, Mrudula Sudula, Basany Kalpana, Brigitte M Ronnett, K Vijayaraghavan, Keerti V Shah, CATCH Study Team
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-10-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2965656?pdf=render

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