Gabriel, Olusegun Emmanuel and Ajetunmobi, Oluwaserimi Adewumi and Akomolafe, Akinwumi Oluwole and Bushari, Olusegun Adesola and Adeniyi, Adebayo Augustine and Dada, Samuel Ayokunle (2016) Reliability of Visual Inspection After Acetic Acid Staining in Screening for Cervical Pre-malignant Lesion Among Female Subjects in a Rural Tertiary Hospital in Nigeria. Cancer Research Journal, 4 (1). pp. 1-8.
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Abstract: This study was carried out in order to assess the sensitivity and specificity of visual inspection after acetic acid staining (VIA) using Papanicolaou smear as the gold standard screening method for cervical premalignant lesion. Two hundred and twenty (220) consecutive and consenting women ages 20 – 70 years, attending Federal Medical Centre, Ido-Ekiti, Ekiti State, were recruited. Relevant data were collected using interviewer-administered semi-structured questionnaires. In conclusion, the prevalence of pre-malignant lesion of cervical cancer is high in this study. It is therefore recommended that awareness of cervical cancer and its screening should be improved through health education campaigns. VIA can serve as an alternative to Papanicolaou smear in resource-limited countries, since it has high level of specificity and sensitivity as Papanicolaou smear.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Cervical Cancer, VIA, Pap Smear, Screening, Developing Countries |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) R Medicine > RC Internal medicine |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences > School of Medicine |
| Depositing User: | Mr Isaac Daramola |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Jun 2023 13:30 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Jun 2023 13:30 |
| URI: | http://eprints.abuad.edu.ng/id/eprint/947 |
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