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REVIEW: The prevention of cervical cancer in developing countries
Author(s) -
Denny Lynette
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2005.00713.x
Subject(s) - cervical cancer , medicine , developing country , human papillomavirus , cancer prevention , cancer , primary prevention , cervical cancer screening , cancer screening , developed country , intensive care medicine , family medicine , environmental health , economic growth , pathology , disease , population , economics
Cervical cancer remains the commonest cancer cause of death among women in developing countries, largely due to the failure to establish cytologically based cervical cancer screening programmes. There are many barriers to the establishment of screening programmes in poor countries ranging from limited financial, human and health resources to the complex infrastructural requirements of traditional screening programmes. Alternative approaches to cervical cancer prevention are currently being investigated, including primary prevention with prophylactic vaccines against human papillomavirus to alternative screening tests and protocols. These will be explored in this review.