Feasibility of thermocoagulation in a screen-and-treat approach for the treatment of cervical precancerous lesions in sub-Saharan Africa

Viviano, Manuela; Kenfack, Bruno; Catarino, Rosa; Tincho, Eveline; Temogne, Liliane; Benski, Anne-Caroline; Tebeu, Pierre-Marie; Meyer-Hamme, Ulrike; Vassilakos, Pierre; Petignat, Patrick

doi:10.1186/s12905-016-0355-x

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English

Feasibility of thermocoagulation in a screen-and-treat approach for the treatment of cervical precancerous lesions in sub-Saharan Africa

ContributorsViviano, Manuela; Kenfack, Bruno; Catarino, Rosa; Tincho, Eveline; Temogne, Liliane; Benski, Anne-Caroline; Tebeu, Pierre-Marie; Meyer-Hamme, Ulrike; Vassilakos, Pierre; Petignat, Patrick

Published inBMC Women's Health, vol. 17, no. 1, 2

Publication date2017

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

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)

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. doi: 10.1186/s12905-016-0355-x

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PID : unige:99637
DOI : 10.1186/s12905-016-0355-x
PMID : 28061842

Journal ISSN1472-6874

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Feasibility of thermocoagulation in a screen-and-treat approach for the treatment of cervical precancerous lesions in sub-Saharan Africa

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.

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