Visual Inspection of Cervix With Acetic Acid as a Screening Modality for Cervical Cancer
- 1 October 2015
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease
- Vol. 19 (4), 340-344
- https://doi.org/10.1097/lgt.0000000000000145
Abstract
Visual inspection of the cervix with acetic acid is a feasible and suitable screening test for cervical cancer in under-resourced settings in developing countries. Its performance is comparable to the Papanicolaou test.Keywords
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