TY - JOUR
T1 - Cervical Cancer Prevention in Low- And Middle-Income Countries
AU - Allanson, Emma R.
AU - Schmeler, Kathleen M.
N1 - Funding Information:
Correspondence: Kathleen M. Schmeler, MD, Department of Gynecologic Oncology and Reproductive Medicine, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX. E-mail: kschmele@mdanderson.org E.R.A. is funded by a Jean Murray Jones Fellowship from the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. K.S. declares that there is nothing to disclose.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. All rights reserved.
PY - 2021/9
Y1 - 2021/9
N2 - Cervical cancer is one of the commonest cancers afflicting women in low and middle income countries, however, both primary prevention with human papillomavirus vaccination, and secondary prevention with screening programs and treatment of preinvasive disease are possible. A coordinated approach to eliminating cervical cancer, as has been called for by the World Health Organization, requires a complex series of steps at all levels of a health system. This article outlines the current state of cervical cancer prevention in low and middle income countries, the innovations being employed to improve outcomes, and consideration of the next steps needed as we move towards global elimination.
AB - Cervical cancer is one of the commonest cancers afflicting women in low and middle income countries, however, both primary prevention with human papillomavirus vaccination, and secondary prevention with screening programs and treatment of preinvasive disease are possible. A coordinated approach to eliminating cervical cancer, as has been called for by the World Health Organization, requires a complex series of steps at all levels of a health system. This article outlines the current state of cervical cancer prevention in low and middle income countries, the innovations being employed to improve outcomes, and consideration of the next steps needed as we move towards global elimination.
KW - HPV
KW - cervical cancer prevention
KW - low and middle income countries
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U2 - 10.1097/GRF.0000000000000629
DO - 10.1097/GRF.0000000000000629
M3 - Article
C2 - 34120126
AN - SCOPUS:85108071034
SN - 0009-9201
VL - 64
SP - 501
EP - 518
JO - Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology
JF - Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology
IS - 3
ER -