Digital cervicography for cervical cancer screening in low-resource settings: A scoping review

ABSTRACT: Highlights • Low-to-middle income countries (LMICs) face disparities in cervical cancer due to low rates of screening and early treatment.• Despite advanced testing for human papillomavirus (HPV), the need for visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA) will remain.• Digital cervicography (DC) is an adjunct to VIA in LMICs to address disparities in cervical cancer screening programs.• Screening programs can use DC to support task sharing, same day screen-and-treat, mentoring, and quality improvement.

Introduction

Digital cervicography (DC) is a method of capturing images for analysis during visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA) for cervical cancer screening. Cervical cancer is the 3rd leading cause of female cancer in the world with approximately 90 % of deaths due to cervical can

SUBMITTER: Chongsuwat T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9845952 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature