Title: A Study of Cervical Cancer Screening by Acetic Acid in Visual Inspection in District Hapur U.P. India
Abstract: The objective of our study was to establish VIA as an effective screening method for diagnosing pre-malignant and malignant cervical lesions in low economic setups. A total no. of 300 patients with cervical lesions were recruited in the study. All the patients had Pap smear, followed by VIA (using 2% acetic acid). Cervical biopsies were taken from all VIA positive lesions. In our study Pap smear sensitivity was 54.68% and false positive cases were 3.30%. The sensitivity of VIA was found 90.62% and falls positive cases were 00.0%. Our study proves that VIA is a more sensitive and economic test than Pap smear or cervical biopsy for screening cervical cancer.
Publication Year: 2016
Publication Date: 2016-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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