STUDY COMPARING THE EFFICACY OF VISUAL INSPECTION OF CERVIX WITH ACETIC ACID  (VIA)  AND LUGOLS IODINE (VILI) WITH PAPSMEAR CYTOLOGY IN SCREENING FOR CANCER CERVIX IN ASYMPTOMATIC WOMEN.

DR.E.VIJAYALAKSHMI; DR.V.CHITRA DEVI

Volume : VI, Issue : XII, December - 2016

STUDY COMPARING THE EFFICACY OF VISUAL INSPECTION OF CERVIX WITH ACETIC ACID (VIA) AND LUGOLS IODINE (VILI) WITH PAPSMEAR CYTOLOGY IN SCREENING FOR CANCER CERVIX IN ASYMPTOMATIC WOMEN.

Dr. E. Vijayalakshmi, Dr. V. Chitra Devi

Abstract :

Cancer cervix is the leading cause of mortality and morbidity among women.Nearly 400,000 new cases diagnosed anually of which 80% in developing countries and in India it is 1.3 lakh cases contributing to 30% of world due to lack of effective screening strategies. Death toll is about 50% of annually detected cases every year and one statistics had shown every 8hrs a women dies of cancer cervix. Primary aim is to prevent cancer cervix by identifying precancerous lesions by a very cost effective and sensitive screening strategy. One such ideal screening test is visual inspection of cervix with acetic acid (VIA) & Lugols iodine (VILI) This Study aims at detecting the efficacy of VIA AND VILI in early detection of cancer cervix precancerous lesion and to compare it with papsmear and cervical biopsy and to utilise it as a easily interpretable low cost equally effective method for early detecting of cancer cervix.