Accuracy of combinations of visual inspection using acetic acid or lugol iodine to detect cervical precancer: a meta-analysis

Pinto Catarino, Rosa Isabel; Schafer, Stéphanie; Vassilakos, Pierre; Petignat, Patrick; Arbyn, M

doi:10.1111/1471-0528.14783

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Accuracy of combinations of visual inspection using acetic acid or lugol iodine to detect cervical precancer: a meta-analysis

ContributorsPinto Catarino, Rosa Isabel; Schafer, Stéphanie; Vassilakos, Pierre; Petignat, Patrick; Arbyn, M

Published inBJOG: an International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, vol. 125, no. 5, p. 545-553

Publication date2018

Abstract

Visual inspection of the cervix with acetic acid (VIA) or with Lugol's iodine (VILI) have been evaluated for cervical cancer screening in developing countries.

Keywords

Cervical cancer screening
VIA
VILI
Developing countries
Diagnostic test accuracy
Meta-analysis
Systematic review

Affiliation

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

Research group

Prévention du cancer du col utérin (933)

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PINTO CATARINO, Rosa Isabel et al. Accuracy of combinations of visual inspection using acetic acid or lugol iodine to detect cervical precancer: a meta-analysis. In: BJOG: an International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 2018, vol. 125, n° 5, p. 545–553. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.14783

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PID : unige:99590
DOI : 10.1111/1471-0528.14783
PMID : 28603909

ISSN of the journal1470-0328

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Accuracy of combinations of visual inspection using acetic acid or lugol iodine to detect cervical precancer: a meta-analysis

Visual inspection of the cervix with acetic acid (VIA) or with Lugol's iodine (VILI) have been evaluated for cervical cancer screening in developing countries.

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