Performance of alternative strategies for primary cervical cancer screening in sub-Saharan Africa: systematic review and meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy studies

Fokom Domgue, Joël Bertrand; Combescure, Christophe; Tebeu, Pierre Marie; Vassilakos, Pierre; Petignat, Patrick; Kengne, André Pascal; Fokom-Defo, Victoire

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Performance of alternative strategies for primary cervical cancer screening in sub-Saharan Africa: systematic review and meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy studies

ContributorsFokom Domgue, Joël Bertrand; Combescure, Christophe

; Tebeu, Pierre Marie; Vassilakos, Pierre; Petignat, Patrick; Kengne, André Pascal; Fokom-Defo, Victoire

Published inBMJ. British medical journal, vol. 351, h3084

Publication date2015

Abstract

To assess and compare the accuracy of visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA), visual inspection with Lugol's iodine (VILI), and human papillomavirus (HPV) testing as alternative standalone methods for primary cervical cancer screening in sub-Saharan Africa.

Keywords

Acetic Acid/economics
Adult
Africa South of the Sahara/epidemiology
Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia/diagnosis/economics/virology
Coloring Agents/economics
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Early Detection of Cancer/economics/methods
Female
Humans
Iodides/economics
Mass Screening/economics/methods
Papillomavirus Infections/complications/diagnosis/economics
Predictive Value of Tests
Sensitivity and Specificity
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms/diagnosis/economics/virology
Vaginal Smears/economics

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FOKOM DOMGUE, Joël Bertrand et al. Performance of alternative strategies for primary cervical cancer screening in sub-Saharan Africa: systematic review and meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy studies. In: BMJ. British medical journal, 2015, vol. 351, p. h3084.

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PMID : 26142020

ISSN of the journal0959-8138

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Performance of alternative strategies for primary cervical cancer screening in sub-Saharan Africa: systematic review and meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy studies

To assess and compare the accuracy of visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA), visual inspection with Lugol's iodine (VILI), and human papillomavirus (HPV) testing as alternative standalone methods for primary cervical cancer screening in sub-Saharan Africa.

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