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Feasibility of thermocoagulation in a screen-and-treat approach for the treatment of cervical precancerous lesions in sub-Saharan Africa |
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Published in | BMC Women's Health. 2017, vol. 17, no. 1, p. 2 | |
Abstract | The use of thermocoagulation for the treatment of cervical precancerous lesions has recently generated a great deal of interest. Our aim was to determine the feasibility of this outpatient procedure in the context of a cervical cancer (CC) screen-and-treat campaign in sub-Saharan Africa. | |
Keywords | Adult — Cameroon — Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia/diagnosis/therapy — Early Detection of Cancer/methods — Electrocoagulation/standards — Female — Humans — Mass Screening/instrumentation/methods — Middle Aged — Pain Measurement/instrumentation/methods — Papillomaviridae/pathogenicity — Papillomavirus Infections/diagnosis/therapy — Uterine Cervical Neoplasms/prevention & control/therapy — Vaginal Smears/methods | |
Identifiers | PMID: 28061842 | |
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Research group | Groupe Petignat Patrick (933) | |
Citation (ISO format) | VIVIANO, Manuela et al. Feasibility of thermocoagulation in a screen-and-treat approach for the treatment of cervical precancerous lesions in sub-Saharan Africa. In: BMC Women's Health, 2017, vol. 17, n° 1, p. 2. https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:99637 |