Prospective cohort study examining cervical cancer screening methods in HIV-positive and HIV-negative Cambodian Women: a comparison of human papilloma virus testing, visualization with acetic acid and digital colposcopy.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Logistical and economic issues make traditional cytology-based cervical cancer screening challenging in developing countries. Alternative, cost-effective, screening strategies must be developed to screen millions of women in resource-poor countries such as Cambodia.

Design

A prospective cohort study during which all women underwent four cervical cancer screening methods: (1) self-sampled human papilloma virus (HPV) testing (careHPV system), (2) clinician-collected HPV testing, (3) visualization with acetic acid (VIA) and (4) digital colposcopy (DC) with the Enhanced Visual Assessment System (EVA).

Setting

A referral hospital in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Participants

Two hundred and fifty Cambodian women (129 HIV+, 121 HIV-). Subjects were recruited from

SUBMITTER: Thay S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6443060 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature