Point of care testing: can it be a solution for cervical cancer prevention?
In several Asian countries, such as Thailand, cervical cancer is the most common female malignancy. Early detection of cervical cancer by pap smear screening test is the classical method but there are problems with this, especially for loss of the following up.Therefore the feasibility of new alternative usage of point of care testing that might be a useful tool for cervical cancer prevention needs to be stressed.
Wiwanitkit
Viroj
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Wiwanitkit House, Bangkhae, Bangkok, Thailand. wviroj@yahoo.com
D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening; D065006:Papanicolaou Test; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014626:Vaginal Smears