Perspective of cervical cancer prevention and control in developing countries and areas
You-Lin Qiao
Department of Epidemiology,Cancer Institute,Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences,Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100021,P. R. China. qiaoy@cicams.ac.cn
[Abstract] Cervical cancer ranks second common cancer in women, affecting women severely in developing countries. It is a critical issue to develop simple, rapid, accurate, safe, acceptable, and inexpensive screening tests which can be used in cervical cancer prevention programs in developing countries. Due to the shortage of funding and qualified cytological professionals in most developing countries, WHO has been actively promote visual inspection with acetic acid/iodine solution (VIA/VILI) as the alternative approach to screening cervical cancer. After discovery of a link between human papillomaviruses (HPV) and cervical cancer, the HPV prophylactic vaccine and careHPV test have been successfully developed. The cervical cancer will be the first cancer eliminated by the combination of vaccination, screening, early diagnosis and treatment.
Chinese Journal of Cancer 2010, Volume: 29, Issue 1, Page: 1-
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