Health Outcomes at 1 Year After Thermal Ablation for Cervical Precancer Among Human Papillomavirus- and Visual Inspection With Acetic Acid-Positive Women in Honduras.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This study aims to assess the detection of cervical intraepithelial lesions grades 2 and 3 (CIN2-3) at 1 year after treatment with thermal ablation among human papillomavirus (HPV)-positive and visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA)-positive women.

Methods

All women screened and triaged for cervical cancer at four government health facilities in Honduras who were eligible for ablative treatment were enrolled and treated with thermal ablation. Women with confirmed CIN2-3 and a subset of women with CIN1/normal diagnoses at baseline were evaluated at 12 months. Follow-up procedures included HPV testing (careHPV), VIA, directed biopsy (if VIA-positive), and Papanicolaou test (if HPV positive, VIA negative). Outcomes at 1 year included histologic or cytologic ass

SUBMITTER: Slavkovsky RC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7605374 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature