Screening with acetic acid could prevent 22 000 deaths from cervical cancer in India every year

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...

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...

Visual inspection with acetic acid for cervical cancer screening in a tertiary health care centre

Background: Cervical cancer is one of the most prevalent malignant neoplasms among women in developing countries. Invasive cervical cancer is preceded by a long premalignant phase known as cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN). The goal of cervical cancer screening is the detection and treatment of precancereous lesions before cancer develops. The objective of the study was to assess visual ...

Cervical cancer risk factors and feasibility of visual inspection with acetic acid screening in Sudan

OBJECTIVES To assess the risk factors of cervical cancer and the feasibility and acceptability of a visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA) screening method in a primary health center in Khartoum, Sudan. METHODS A cross-sectional prospective pilot study of 100 asymptomatic women living in Khartoum State in Sudan was carried out from December 2008 to January 2009. The study was performed at t...

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