Assessing the feasibility of a rapid, high-volume cervical cancer screening programme using HPV self-sampling and digital colposcopy in rural regions of Yunnan, China.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Implementation of a novel, rapid, high-volume, see-and-treat cervical cancer screening programme using self-swab human papillomavirus (HPV) testing and digital colposcopy in underserved regions of Yunnan China.

Design

480-980 women per day self-swabbed for high-risk HPV (hrHPV+). Four careHPV machines (Qiagen) were run simultaneously to test the specimens. All hrHPV+ patients were contacted the same day and digital colposcopy was performed with the enhanced visual assessment system (MobileODT). Digital images were obtained, and all suspected lesions were biopsied and then treated.

Setting

Rural and underserved areas of the Yunnan province, Kunming municipality.

Participants

3600 women, mean age 50.2 years, who had never been screened for cervical canc

SUBMITTER: Goldstein A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7170644 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature