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

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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.
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.