Smartphone Use for Cervical Cancer Screening in Low-Resource Countries: A Pilot Study Conducted in Madagascar

Catarino, rosa; Vassilakos, Pierre; Scaringella, Stefano; Undurraga Malinverno, Manuela Stefania; Meyer-Hamme, Ulrike; Ricard-Gauthier, Dominique; Matute, Juan Carlos; Petignat, Patrick

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0134309

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English

Smartphone Use for Cervical Cancer Screening in Low-Resource Countries: A Pilot Study Conducted in Madagascar

ContributorsCatarino, rosa; Vassilakos, Pierre; Scaringella, Stefano; Undurraga Malinverno, Manuela Stefania; Meyer-Hamme, Ulrike; Ricard-Gauthier, Dominique; Matute, Juan Carlos; Petignat, Patrick

Published inPloS one, vol. 10, no. 7, e0134309

Publication date2015

Abstract

Visual inspection of the cervix after application of 5% acetic acid (VIA) is a screening technique for cervical cancer used widely in low and middle-income countries (LMIC). To improve VIA screening performance, digital images after acid acetic application (D-VIA) are taken. The aim of this study was to evaluate the use of a smartphone for on- and off-site D-VIA diagnosis.

Keywords

Acetic Acid/administration & dosage
Adult
Biopsy/methods
Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia/diagnosis/pathology/virology
Cervix Uteri/pathology/virology
Colposcopy/methods
Early Detection of Cancer/instrumentation/methods
Female
Humans
Madagascar
Mass Screening/instrumentation/methods
Middle Aged
Papillomaviridae/pathogenicity
Papillomavirus Infections/diagnosis/pathology
Pilot Projects
Sensitivity and Specificity
Smartphone
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms/diagnosis/pathology/virology
Vaginal Smears/methods

Affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de pédiatrie, gynécologie et obstétrique

Research groups

Prévention du cancer du col utérin (933)

Citation (ISO format)

CATARINO, rosa et al. Smartphone Use for Cervical Cancer Screening in Low-Resource Countries: A Pilot Study Conducted in Madagascar. In: PloS one, 2015, vol. 10, n° 7, p. e0134309. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0134309

Article (Published version)

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PID : unige:89583
DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0134309
PMID : 26222772

Journal ISSN1932-6203

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