Open AccessDiagnostic value of acetic acid comparing with conventional Pap smear in the detection of colposcopic biopsy-proved CIN
Author(s) -
Divya Hegde,
Harish Shetty,
Prakashchandra Shetty,
Supriya Rai
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.92019
Subject(s) - papanicolaou stain , colposcopy , medicine , squamous intraepithelial lesion , dysplasia , papanicolaou test , cervix , predictive value , biopsy , cervical cancer , cervical intraepithelial neoplasia , gynecology , cancer , radiology
To assess the role of visual inspection with acetic acid as an alternative to Pap smear and in screening program for cervical cancer in low resource settings.