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Cervical cancer is the most common cancer in Indian women, accounting for about 1,320,000 new cases each year and 73,000 deaths per year. It has a long preinvasive stage and so screening strategies are effective in decreasing the morbidity and mortality associated with cervical malignancy. Visual screening methods are important screening modalities for low resource countries as they require minimum infrastructure and manpower. These methods can also be used to facilitate “see and treat” protocols especially in populations with poor compliance.
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Priya, S., Agarwal, K. (2017). Visual Inspection Methods for Cervical Cancer Prevention. In: Mehta, S., Sachdeva, P. (eds) Colposcopy of Female Genital Tract. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-1705-6_3
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