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Simple screening technique for cervical cancer can reduce incidence in poor countries

Published in Cancer Weekly, August 21st, 2007

Visual inspection using acetic acid (VIA) is an effective method of screening for cervical cancer in developing countries, and could make women in these countries up to 35% less likely to die from the disease, conclude authors of an Article published in The Lancet.

Cervical cancer is the most common cancer among women in many developing countries, where 85% of the estimated 493,000 new cases and 273000 deaths worldwide occurred, based on figures from 2002.

Dr Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France and colleagues, did a study of 49311 apparently healthy women aged 30-59 in the Dindigul district of India,...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2007-08-21)

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