Feasibility of thermocoagulation in a screen-and-treat approach for the treatment of cervical precancerous lesions in sub-Saharan Africa
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- 作者：Manuela Viviano ; Bruno Kenfack ; Rosa Catarino ; Eveline Tincho…
- 关键词：Human papillomavirus (HPV) ; Cervical intra ; epithelial neoplasia (CIN) ; Cervical cancer ; Screen ; and ; treat ; Thermocoagulation
- 刊名：BMC Women's Health
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：December 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：17
- 期：1
- 全文大小：2045KB
- 刊物主题：Gynecology; Maternal and Child Health; Reproductive Medicine;
- 出版者：BioMed Central
- ISSN：1472-6874
- 卷排序：17
文摘
BackgroundThe use of thermocoagulation for the treatment of cervical precancerous lesions has recently generated a great deal of interest. Our aim was to determine the feasibility of this outpatient procedure in the context of a cervical cancer (CC) screen-and-treat campaign in sub-Saharan Africa.