Clinical performance of a self-sustaining cervical cancer screening clinic in Nairobi, Kenya: The PAPS Team experience

Lin, Yu‐Pin; Matsuo, Koji; Yoo, Eunjeong; Titus, Mokete Joseph; Webley, G.; Spears, Gayle; Muderspach, Laila I.; Mugo, Nelly; Thomas, E.

doi:10.1016/j.ygyno.2010.12.292

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“…The setup and performance of the clinic in Nairobi, Kenya, was recently presented. 32 The first step entailed intense didactic sessions for local clinicians, 1570 women were screened using conventional tests with colposcopy and with loop electrosurgical excision procedures performed as needed. Abnormal cytology findings were identified in 143 women (9%), including HSIL in 40 of 143 women (28%) and invasive cancer in 8 of 143 women (5.6%).…”

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Screening for Cervical Cancer in Low-Resource Settings in 2011

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Although data are incomplete, available figures confirm that the rate of cervical cancer deaths and the availability of cervical cancer screening programs are inversely proportional and vary, in general, by the wealth of the nation. Despite the success of cervical cytology screening, many major health care organizations have abandoned screening by cytology in favor of direct visualization methods with immediate treatment of lesions by cryotherapy provided by trained, nonmedical personnel.

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Screening for Cervical Cancer in Low-Resource Settings in 2011

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Clinical performance of a self-sustaining cervical cancer screening clinic in Nairobi, Kenya: The PAPS Team experience

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Screening for Cervical Cancer in Low-Resource Settings in 2011

Screening for Cervical Cancer in Low-Resource Settings in 2011

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