TY - JOUR
AU1 - Catarino, Rosa
AU2 - Vassilakos, Pierre
AU3 - Scaringella, Stefano
AU4 - Undurraga-Malinverno, Manuela
AU5 - Meyer-Hamme, Ulrike
AU6 - Ricard-Gauthier, Dominique
AU7 - Matute, Juan Carlos
AU8 - Petignat, Patrick
AU9 - 
AB - OPEN ACCESS Background Citation: Catarino R, Vassilakos P, Scaringella S, Undurraga-Malinverno M, Meyer-Hamme U, Ricard- Visual inspection of the cervix after application of 5% acetic acid (VIA) is a screening tech- Gauthier D, et al. (2015) Smartphone Use for nique for cervical cancer used widely in low and middle-income countries (LMIC). To improve Cervical Cancer Screening in Low-Resource VIA screening performance, digital images after acid acetic application (D-VIA) are taken. The Countries: A Pilot Study Conducted in Madagascar. PLoS ONE 10(7): e0134309. doi:10.1371/journal. aim of this study was to evaluate the use of a smartphone for on- and off-site D-VIA diagnosis. pone.0134309 Editor: Marcia Edilaine Lopes Consolaro, State Materials and Methods University of Maringá/Universidade Estadual de Women aged 30–65 years, living in the city of Ambanja, Madagascar, were recruited Maringá, BRAZIL through a cervical cancer screening campaign. Each performed a human papillomavirus Received: April 24, 2015 (HPV) self-sample as a primary screen. Women testing positive for HPV were referred for Accepted: July 7, 2015 VIA followed by D-VIA, cervical biopsy and endocervical curettage according to routine pro- Published: July 29, 2015 tocol. In addition, the same day, the D-VIA was emailed to a tertiary care center for immedi- Copyright: 
TI - Smartphone Use for Cervical Cancer Screening in Low-Resource Countries: A Pilot Study Conducted in Madagascar
JF - PLoS ONE
DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0134309
DA - 2015-07-29
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/unpaywall/smartphone-use-for-cervical-cancer-screening-in-low-resource-countries-TXCvDiKD7H
DP - DeepDyve
ER -