Conventional Pap smear and liquid-based cytology as screening tools in low-resource settings in Latin America: experience of the Latin American screening study

To evaluate the performance of the conventional Pap test and liquid-based cytology (LBC) in an ongoing multicenter trial testing optional screening tools (cytology, screening colposcopy, visual inspection with acetic acid, visual inspection with Lugol's Iodine, cervicography and Hybrid Capture...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Acta cytologica 2005-09, Vol.49 (5), p.500-506
Hauptverfasser:	Longatto, Adhemar, Maeda, Marina Yoshiê Sakamoto, Erzen, Mojca, Branca, Margherita, Roteli-Martins, Cecília, Naud, Paulo, Derchain, Sophie Françoise Mauricette, Hammes, Luciano, Matos, Jean, Gontijo, Renata, Sarian, Luis Otávio, Lima, Temístocles P., Tatti, Sílvio, Syrjänen, Stina, Syrjänen, Kari
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Argentina Argentina - epidemiology Biological and medical sciences Brazil Brazil - epidemiology Carcinoma Carcinoma - diagnosis Carcinoma - epidemiology Carcinoma - prevention & control Cervical cancer Cervix Uteri Cervix Uteri - pathology Ciências Médicas Cohort Studies Cytological Techniques Cytological Techniques - economics Cytological Techniques - statistics & numerical data Cytological Techniques - trends Diagnosis Diagnosis, Differential Diagnostic Errors Differential Epithelial Cells Female Female genital diseases Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics Humans Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects) Latin America Latin America - epidemiology Mass Screening Medical sciences Medicina Básica Papanicolaou smear Papanicolaou Test Pathology. Cytology. Biochemistry. Spectrometry. Miscellaneous investigative techniques Predictive Value of Tests Reproducibility of Results Tumors Uterine Cervical Neoplasms Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - diagnosis Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - epidemiology Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - prevention & control Vaginal Smears Vaginal Smears - economics Vaginal Smears - statistics & numerical data Vaginal Smears - trends
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Zusammenfassung:	To evaluate the performance of the conventional Pap test and liquid-based cytology (LBC) in an ongoing multicenter trial testing optional screening tools (cytology, screening colposcopy, visual inspection with acetic acid, visual inspection with Lugol's Iodine, cervicography and Hybrid Capture II [HCII] (Digene Brazil, São Paulo, Brazil) conventional and self-sampling), for cervical cancer in Brazil and Argentina.
ISSN:	0001-5547 1938-2650
DOI:	10.1159/000326195