Screening of Cervical Cancer: Visual Inspection with Acetic Acid (VIA) and Site of Lesion Verified by Multiple Punch Biopsies

Gad Monira M.; Galal Salma B.; Helmy Wafaa; Abd El-Fattah Naela H

doi:10.2478/folmed-2018-0074

Folia Medica (Jun 2019)

Screening of Cervical Cancer: Visual Inspection with Acetic Acid (VIA) and Site of Lesion Verified by Multiple Punch Biopsies

Gad Monira M.,
Galal Salma B.,
Helmy Wafaa,
Abd El-Fattah Naela H

Affiliations

Gad Monira M.: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine (G), Al-Azhar University Hospital, Cairo, Egypt
Galal Salma B.: Department of Community and Industrial Medicine, Faculty of Medicine (G), Al-Azhar University Hospital, Cairo, Egypt
Helmy Wafaa: Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine (G), Al-Azhar University Hospital, Cairo, Egypt
Abd El-Fattah Naela H: Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Al Mansoura, Egypt

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/folmed-2018-0074
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 61, no. 2
pp. 289 – 295

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Background: Cervical cancer is the tenth most frequent cancer in Egyptian women. The Papanicolaou screening test is not suitable for rural area as most follow-up consultations never take place.

Published in Folia Medica

ISSN: 0204-8043 (Print); 1314-2143 (Online)
Publisher: Pensoft Publishers
Country of publisher: Bulgaria
LCC subjects: Medicine
Website: https://foliamedica.bg

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