Evaluation of alternative methods of cervical cancer screening for resource‐poor settings

• Published in: Cancer Vol. 89; no. 4; pp. 826 - 833
• Main Authors: Denny, Lynette, Kuhn, Louise, Pollack, Amy, Wainwright, Helen, Wright, Thomas C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York John Wiley & Sons, Inc 15.08.2000; Wiley-Liss
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Biological and medical sciences; cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN); Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia - epidemiology; Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia - etiology; cervicography; Cervix; Colposcopy; Demography; Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures; direct visual inspection (DVI); DNA, Viral - analysis; Evaluation Studies as Topic; Female; Female genital diseases; Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics; human papillomavirus; Humans; Mass Screening - methods; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Neoplasm Invasiveness - prevention & control; Papanicolaou (Pap) smears; Papanicolaou Test; Papillomaviridae - genetics; Papillomaviridae - isolation & purification; Prevalence; squamous intraepithelial lesions (SIL); Tropical medicine; Tumors; Uterine Cervical Diseases - epidemiology; Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - diagnosis; Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - prevention & control; Vaginal Smears; South Africa(Republic); Africa; Carcinoma; Cervical smear; Papovaviridae; Uterine cervix; Papillomavirus; Human papillomavirus; Papanicolaou smear test; Public health; Human; Dysplasia; Premalignant lesion; Visual observation; Malignant tumor; Method; Medical screening; Female genital diseases; Virus; Photography; Pathology; DNA; Cytopathology; Acetic acid; Uterine cervix diseases; Comparative study; High malignancy

BACKGROUND Noncytologic methods of screening for cervical carcinoma and its precursor lesions are needed for resource‐poor settings in which cervical carcinoma continues to be an important cause of morbidity and mortality. METHODS Two thousand nine hundred forty‐four women ages 35–65 years were recr...