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Effect of visual screening on cervical cancer incidence and mortality in Tamil Nadu, India: a cluster-randomised trial [1]

Cervical cancer is the most common cancer among women in developing countries. We assessed the effect of screening using visual inspection with 4% acetic acid (VIA) on cervical cancer incidence and mortality in a cluster randomised controlled trial in India.

Publication Date: 
04/08/2007
Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan [2], Pulikkottil Okkuru Esmy [3], Rajamanickam Rajkumar & et al [4]
Lancet [5]
370
398-406
Tags:
Cervix / Uterine Cancer [6], Tamil Nadu [7], Diagnostic Methods [8], Developing Countries [9], Women [10]
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