Human papillomavirus-based cervical precancer screening with visual inspection with acetic acid triage to achieve same-day treatments among women living with human immunodeficiency virus infection: test-of-concept study in Ibadan, Nigeria. [PDF]
Pan Afr Med J, 2021 Introduction cervical precancer screening with same day treatment facilitates maximization of benefits of secondary prevention of cervical cancer. This is particularly important for women living with human immunodeficiency virus (WLHIV) infection because
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Factors affecting cervical cancer screening uptake, visual inspection with acetic acid positivity and its predictors among women attending cervical cancer screening service in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. [PDF]
BMC Womens Health, 2020 Background Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer in Ethiopia next to breast cancer. Despite the high burden of the disease and availability of free screening services in Ethiopia, uptake is still trivial.
Fentie AM, Tadesse TB, Gebretekle GB.
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[Validity of visual inspection with acetic acid versus cervical cytology]. [PDF]
Rev Med Inst Mex Seguro SocPrecancerous lesions, conditions associated with exposure to human papillomavirus (HPV), threaten women's health at different stages of life, from adolescence to old age. It has been observed that a low-cost strategy, such as visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA), reveals cervical lesions, while establishing interventions that allow modifying the ...
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Bayesian Estimation of Performance Measures of Cervical Cancer Screening Tests in the Presence of Covariates and Absence of a Gold Standard [PDF]
Cancer Informatics, 2008 In this paper we develop a Bayesian analysis to estimate the disease prevalence, the sensitivity and specificity of three cervical cancer screening tests (cervical cytology, visual inspection with acetic acid and Hybrid Capture II) in the presence of a ...
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Health Outcomes at 1 Year After Thermal Ablation for Cervical Precancer Among Human Papillomavirus- and Visual Inspection With Acetic Acid-Positive Women in Honduras. [PDF]
JCO Glob Oncol, 2020 PURPOSE This study aims to assess the detection of cervical intraepithelial lesions grades 2 and 3 (CIN2-3) at 1 year after treatment with thermal ablation among human papillomavirus (HPV)–positive and visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA)–positive ...
Slavkovsky RC +7 more
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Midwives as the Primary Care Providers: Knowledge, Attitude, Practice, and Skill of Early Detection of Cervical Cancer Using Visual Inspection with Acetic Acid. [PDF]
Asian Pac J Cancer Prev, 2023 Winata IGS, Yusrika MU, Paramitha PP.
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Acceptability and implementation challenges of smartphone-based training of community health nurses for visual inspection with acetic acid in Ghana: mHealth and cervical cancer screening. [PDF]
BMJ Open, 2019 Objective To explore acceptability and feasibility of smartphone-based training of low-level to mid-level health professionals in cervical cancer screening using visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA)/cervicography.
Asgary R +7 more
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Is It Time to Move Beyond Visual Inspection With Acetic Acid for Cervical Cancer Screening? [PDF]
Glob Health Sci Pract, 2018 Newly emerging low-cost molecular assays and improved visual tests for cervical cancer screening call into question the role of visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA).
Silkensen SL +3 more
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Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development, 2021 Background: Carcinoma of cervix is 2nd most common cancer globally . India accounts for 4th global burden . Pap smear is screening method in developed countries .VIA can be an alternative screening method to pap smear in developing countries as it is low
Lulu Ameena
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Performance of careHPV, hybrid capture 2 and visual inspection with acetic acid for detection of high-grade cervical lesion in Tanzania: A cross-sectional study. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2019 Objective To examine the test performance of careHPV, Hybrid Capture2 (HC2) and visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA) for detection of cytologically diagnosed high-grade cervical lesions or cancer (HSIL+). Design Cross-sectional study.
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