REVIEW ARTICLE
Year : 2009 | Volume
: 130 | Issue : 3 | Page : 241--246
Cervical cancer screening & HPV vaccination : a comprehensive approach to cervical cancer control
P Basu, D Chowdhury
Department of Gynaecological Oncology, Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, Kolkata, India
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P Basu
Department of Gynaecological Oncology, Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, Kolkata, India
India with its highest share of global burden of cervical cancer has to implement a population based cervical cancer control program to reduce the number of deaths. There are new screening options available like visual inspection after acetic acid application (VIA) test, single visit approach to screening and treatment etc. Emergence of the two effective vaccines against human papillomavirus (HPV), the necessary cause of cervical cancer, has introduced a fresh lease of life to the cervical cancer control strategies. The current high cost of the vaccines is a major impediment to implement a vaccine-based primary prevention approach.
How to cite this article:
Basu P, Chowdhury D. Cervical cancer screening & HPV vaccination : a comprehensive approach to cervical cancer control.Indian J Med Res 2009;130:241-246
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Basu P, Chowdhury D. Cervical cancer screening & HPV vaccination : a comprehensive approach to cervical cancer control. Indian J Med Res [serial online] 2009 [cited 2021 Jan 16 ];130:241-246
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