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Table 3 : On-going IARC collaborative studies on VIA for cervical cancer screening (32)

Program design

Interventions evaluated

Location of the study

Number of participants

End points of the program

Randomised,  controlled intervention study

VIA, cervical cytology, HPV testing

Osmanabad district, India

160,000 women 30-59 years

Cervical cancer incidence/ mortality; Cost-effectiveness; establishment of a service and training platform for cervical cancer prevention.

Randomised, controlled intervention study

VIA

Dindigul District, India

73,000 women aged 30-59 years

Detection rates of CIN2-3Cervical cancer incidence/mortality; Cost-effectiveness; establishment of a service and training platform for cervical cancer prevention.

Cross-sectional study

VIA, VILI

Burkina Faso, Republic of Congo, Guinea,  Hyderabad, India, Laos, Mali, Niger, Mauritania, Tanzania

5000 women aged 30-59 in each location

Test characteristics; Acceptability, efficacy, complications of cryotherapy; establishment of a service and training platform for cervical cancer prevention.

Cross-sectional study

VIA, cytology

Nigeria

2000 women aged 30-64 years

Test characteristics; Acceptability, efficacy, complications of cryotherapy; establishment of a service and training platform for cervical cancer prevention.

Cross-sectional study

VIA, VILI, cervical cytology

Trivandrum and Jaipur India

6000 women 30-59 years in each location

Test characteristics; Acceptability, efficacy, complications of cryotherapy; establishment of a service and training platform for cervical cancer prevention.

Cross-sectional study

VIA, VIAM, VILI, cervical cytology, HPV testing

Calcutta, India

12,000 women aged 30-64 years

Test characteristics; Acceptability, efficacy, complications of cryotherapy; establishment of a service and training platform for cervical cancer prevention.

Cross sectional study

Cervical cytology, HPV testing, VIA, VIAM, VILI

Bombay, India

5000 women aged 30-59 years

Test characteristics; Acceptability, efficacy, complications of cryotherapy; establishment of a service and training platform for cervical cancer prevention.

 

 
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