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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

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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 – 70years, 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.

DOI 10.11648/j.crj.20160401.11
Published in Cancer Research Journal (Volume 4, Issue 1, January 2016)
Page(s) 1-8
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Keywords

Cervical Cancer, VIA, Pap Smear, Screening, Developing Countries

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Author Information
  • Department of Family Medicine, Federal Teaching Hospital Ido-Ekiti, EkitiState, Nigeria

  • Department of Family Medicine, Federal Teaching Hospital Ido-Ekiti, EkitiState, Nigeria

  • Department of Morbid Anatomy, Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria

  • Department of Family Medicine, Federal Teaching Hospital Ido-Ekiti, EkitiState, Nigeria

  • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Federal Teaching Hospital Ido-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria

  • Department of Internal Medicine, Renal Unit, Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria

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    Gabriel Olusegun Emmanuel, Ajetunmobi Oluwaserimi Adewumi, Akomolafe Akinwumi Oluwole, Bushari Olusegun Adesola, Adeniyi Adebayo Augustine, et al. 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 Res J. 2016;4(1):1-8. doi: 10.11648/j.crj.20160401.11

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