The effect of hrHPV prevalence on cervical cancer screening strategies: a cost-effectiveness study of Bangladesh.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cervical cancer is the second most prominent cancer among women in Bangladesh, which is mainly caused by persistent infection with high-risk human papillomavirus (hrHPV). This study aims to evaluate impact of hrHPV prevalence on cost-effectiveness of screening with self-sampling hrHPV testing versus visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA) for cervical cancer screening in low- and middle-income countries with Bangladesh as an example.

Methods

A micro-simulation Markov model was developed from a health system perspective in Bangladesh to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of screening with self-sampling hrHPV testing followed by VIA and VIA as primary screening method followed by colposcopy. We compared these strategies in optimal (70%) and realistic (8.7%) uptake sce

SUBMITTER: Pan F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11817723 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature