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Cervical Cancer
Cervical cancer screening may be enhanced by Digital Cervicography test
March 23rd, 2006
A recent study examined cervicography as an adjunctive test to visual inspection with acetic acid in cervical cancer detection screening. The objective of an investigation conducted by researchers in Brazil was to "validate Digital Cervicography as [an] adjunctive cervical cancer screening test to VIA and Cytology." "Women (1292) were submitted to both cytological and VIA tests to obtain a sample of 301 positive VIA cases (23.3%) which have had the Digital Cervicography (DC) taken and evaluated. Just cases considered positive by DC (149/301 cases-49.5%) and/or positive Pap smear tests were referred to colposcopy and biopsy whenever indicated,"...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2006-03-23)
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