HPV Screening for Cervical Cancer in Rural India

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Authors

Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan · Centre International de Recherche sur le Cancer

Bhagwan M. Nene · Nargis Dutt Memorial Cancer Hospital

Surendra S. Shastri · Tata Memorial Hospital

Kasturi Jayant · Tata Memorial Hospital

Richard Muwonge · Centre International de Recherche sur le Cancer

Atul Budukh · Nargis Dutt Memorial Cancer Hospital

Sanjay Hingmire

Abstract

In a low-resource setting, a single round of HPV testing was associated with a significant reduction in the numbers of advanced cervical cancers and deaths from cervical cancer.

Topics & Keywords

Cervical Cancer and HPV Research Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 360, Issue 14, pp. 1385-1394

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa0808516

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