Cervical cancer screening in rural India: Status & current concepts

HPV Screening for Cervical Cancer in Rural India

Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan, M.D., Bhagwan M. Nene, M.D., F.R.C.P., Surendra S. Shastri, M.D., Kasturi Jayant, M.Sc., Richard Muwonge, Ph.D., Atul M. Budukh, Ph.D., Sanjay Hingmire, B.Sc., Sylla G. Malvi, M.Sc., Ph.D., Ranjit Thorat, B.Sc., Ashok Kothari, M.D., Roshan Chinoy, M.D., Rohini Kelkar, M.D., Shubhada Kane, M.D., Sangeetha Desai, M.D., Vijay R. Keskar, M.S., Raghevendra Rajeshwarkar, ...

HPV Screening for Cervical Cancer in Rural India

To the Editor: Sankaranarayanan et al. (April 2 issue)1 report no significant differences in rates of detection of high-risk cervical neoplasia among women who underwent screening by cytologic testing, testing for human papillomavirus (HPV) with the Hybrid Capture II assay, or visual inspection of the cervix with acetic acid (VIA). Reductions in mortality from cervical cancer were observed only...

Cervical cancer screening: Current knowledge & practice among women in a rural population of Kerala, India

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Cervical cancer has a major impact on woman's lives worldwide and one in every five women suffering from cervical cancer belongs to India. Hence the objectives of this study were to find the knowledge of women regarding cervical cancer, to determine screening practices and determinants, and to identify factors for non screening. METHODS A cross-sectional study was cond...

Y Choromosomal Microdeletion Screening in The Workup of Male Infertility and Its Current Status in India

Cervical cancer screening in India: strategies revisited.

With the change in the life styles and demographic profiles of developing countries, noncommunicable diseases are emerging to be important health problems that demand appropriate control program before they assume epidemic proportion. One of these is the problem of cancer. In India, cervical cancer is a significant problem in terms of incidence, mortality and morbidity. Cervical cancer is a dis...