Cervical cancer screening by visual inspection and HPV testing in Eswatini.

ABSTRACT: In 2009, visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA) followed by cryotherapy (VIA-and-cryotherapy), was introduced into the Eswatini cervical cancer prevention programme. We present screening results of 654 women attending VIA-and-cryotherapy who participated in a sexually transmitted infections prevalence study, at which samples for HPV DNA testing and liquid-based cytology (LBC) were also collected. VIA positives (VIA+) ineligible for cryotherapy, suspected cancers and women with high-grade squamous intraepithelial or worse lesions (HSIL+) on LBC were referred for diagnosis and treatment. Women with negative VIA who were HPV positive (HPV+) and those VIA+ treated with cryotherapy were recalled for another VIA one-year later. The positivity rates of VIA, HPV, atypical squamous cells of undet

SUBMITTER: Ginindza TG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9343965 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature