Performance of alternative strategies for primary cervical cancer screening in sub-Saharan Africa: systematic review and meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy studies.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess and compare the accuracy of visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA), visual inspection with Lugol's iodine (VILI), and human papillomavirus (HPV) testing as alternative standalone methods for primary cervical cancer screening in sub-Saharan Africa.

Design

Systematic review and meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy studies.

Data sources

Systematic searches of multiple databases including Medline, Embase, and Scopus for studies published between January 1994 and June 2014.

Review methods

Inclusion criteria for studies were: alternative methods to cytology used as a standalone test for primary screening; study population not at particular risk of cervical cancer (excluding studies focusing on HIV positive women or women with gynaecological

SUBMITTER: Fokom-Domgue J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4490835 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature