Visual Cervix Cancer Screening Test: Cheap and Effective in the Developing World

rengaswamy sankaranarayanan Visual Cervix Cancer Screening Test: Cheap and Effective in the Developing World
Rengaswamy
Sankaranarayanan

REFERENCE: Lancet 2007;370:398-406
RENGASWAMY SANKARANARAYANAN, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon
An inexpensive visual cervix cancer-screening test has proved its worth in India according to a publication in the Lancet. Inspecting the cervix visually after applying 4% acetic acid can reduce the incidence and mortality from cervical cancer in developing countries. Nicola Solomon interviewed Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan.

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