Comparative Analysis of Visual Inspection with Acetic Acid And Lugol’s Iodine And Liquiprep TM in Cervical Cancer Screening with Cervical Biopsy As Gold Standard

Sensitivity and Specificity of Visual Inspection with Acetic Acid (VIA) and with Lugol Iodine (VILI) in the Diagnosis of Cervical Cancer in the Northern Region of Cameroon

Cervical cancer is one of the major causes of women death worldwide. The aim of this study was to test the sensitivity and specificity of visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA) and visual inspection with lugol iodine (VILI) as a diagnostic test for cervical cancer in comparison with Pap smear in the North Cameroon region. 309 women aged between 20 to 62 years were recruited in this study. 307...

Evaluation of Downstaging, Visual Inspection with Acetic Acid and Lugol’s Iodine in Screening of Cervical Cancer

Objectives: To detect and compare the sensitivity and specificity of downstaging and visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA) and with Lugol’s iodine (VILI). Methods: Screening with downstaging, VIA and VILI were done on 680 women who fulfilled the inclusion criteria at a primary health center attached to the university hospital, over a period of one year. Those who had abnormal results in down...

Accuracy of cytology, visual inspection with acetic acid or lugol’s iodine in cervical cancer screening

assessment of visual inspection with acetic acid (via) as a screening test for cervical neoplasia in comparison with cytologic screening

this study has been designed to compare visual inspection of cervix with acetic acid (via test) with cytology as an accepted method for screening of cervical carcinoma and its precursors. 1200 eligible women were examined by both pap-smear and via tests in imam khomeini hospital, a referral general hospital in tehran, iran. those who had abnormal results in one or both of the screening tests (n...

Cervical screening by visual inspection with acetic acid.

OBJECTIVE Among the low cost alternative screening tests Visual Inspection after Acetic Acid Application (VIA) has been found to be most promising. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the safety and acceptability of VIA done by health workers among rural Indian women. We also evaluated the level of women's satisfaction with the screening program. METHODS Women residing in a def...