Screening and prevention of cervical cancers

Kanaka Bushanam GVVS, Srinivasa Rao B, Sailaja M, Sakuntala Devi G

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 Kanaka Bushanam GVVS^1,*, Srinivasa Rao B¹, Sailaja M² and Sakuntala Devi G^3,*

¹KIMS Foundation and Research Centre, Minister Road, Secunderabad - 500003, AP., India

²Department of Laboratory Medicine, Krishna Institute of Medical sciences, Minister Road, Secunderabad - 500003, AP., India

³Department Obstetrics & Gynaecology (O & G), Visakhapatnam Steel General Hospital (VSGH), Visakhapatnam, AP., India 

*Corresponding authors: Dr. (Smt.) Kanaka Bushanam GVVS, MD., Chief Executive Officer, KIMS Foundation and Research Centre, Minister Road, Secunderabad - 500003, AP., India. Tel.: 040 4488 5078; Email: gkbmd@hotmail.com and Dr. G. Sakuntala Devi, Head of the Department, Department Obstetrics & Gynaecology (O & G), Visakhapatnam Steel General Hospital (VSGH), Visakhapatnam, AP., India. Email: drsakuntala@gmail.com

Received 14 February 2014; Revised 17 March 2014; Accepted 25 March 2014

Citation: Kanaka Bushanam GVVS, Srinivasa Rao B, Sailaja M, Sakuntala Devi G. Screening and prevention of cervical cancers. J Med Sci Res 2014; 2(2):99-108. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17727/JMSR.2014/2-018

Copyright: © 2014 Kanaka Bushanam GVVS et al. Published by KIMS Foundation and Research Center. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. 

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Abstract

Cervical cancer in India ranks as the 2^nd most frequent cancer among women and the 2^nd most frequent cancer among women between 15 and 44 years of age. As per National Cancer Registry, crude incidence and mortality rate due to cervical cancer in India is 134 per 1,000 and 74 per 1,000 women respectively. Age adjusted incidence rate of cervical cancer reported for six cities are - Bangalore 18.1, Bhopal 18.7, Chennai 24.8, Delhi 17.6 and Mumbai 13.0 per 100,000 (Indian Council of Medical Research, 2006). Several screening methods, both traditional and newer technologies, are available to screen women for cervical pre cancers and cancers. No screening test is perfect and hence the choice of screening test will depend on the setting where it is to be used. In this article, the recommendations for screening and prevention of cervical cancer are discussed.

Keywords: Cervical cancer; Screening; Prevention; Recommendations