New Findings from All India Institute of Medical Sciences in the Area of Cervical Cancer Published

2012 APR 5 -- Current study results from the report, "Human papillomavirus deoxyribonucleic acid testing in developed countries," have been published. "Cervical cancer has been largely eliminated in developed countries with the implementation of cytology-based screening programmes that depend on a call-recall system, followed by colposcopy and biopsy, treatment of precancerous lesions and follow up. With the discovery that persistent infection with high-risk human papillomavirus types is necessary for the development of cervical cancer, several tests for human papillomavirus deoxyribonucleic acid have been developed that can identify women at risk," researchers in New Delhi,...

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