| preventable but not prevented: the reality of cervical cancer. | introduction: the incidence of invasive cervical cancer has decreased in the last 50 years in the developed countries substantially due to the use of routine pap smears. however, in the asia-oceanic region it continues to be high as screening programs are not established. credit for starting cytology services in india goes to professor p.n. wahi of agra. he became founder president when about 34 cytologists got together in 1970 to form the indian academy of cytologists. since then cytology has s ... | 2003 | 14641709 |
| accuracy of human papillomavirus testing in primary screening of cervical neoplasia: results from a multicenter study in india. | the knowledge that cervical neoplasia are caused by human papillomavirus (hpv) infection has led to the evaluation of its role in screening. we evaluated the accuracy of hpv testing by hybrid capture ii (hc ii) method in detecting cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 2 and 3 (cin 2 and 3) lesions in 4 cross-sectional studies with common protocol and questionnaire in 3 different locations (kolkata, mumbai and trivandrum) in india. these studies involved 18,085 women aged 25-65 years. the refe ... | 2004 | 15352050 |
| concurrent evaluation of visual, cytological and hpv testing as screening methods for the early detection of cervical neoplasia in mumbai, india. | naked eye visual inspection with acetic acid (via), magnified via (viam), visual inspection with lugol's iodine (vili), cytology and human papillomavirus (hpv) testing were evaluated as screening methods for the detection of high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (hsil) of the uterine cervix in a cross-sectional study in mumbai, india. | 2005 | 15798842 |
| region-wise distribution of high-risk human papillomavirus types in squamous cell carcinomas of the cervix in india. | assessment of the prevalence and type distribution of human papillomavirus (hpv) in squamous cell carcinomas (scc) of the cervix across india was undertaken to estimate the impact of available prophylactic hpv-l1 vaccines in the country and to find out additional types that might be needed to be incorporated in second-generation vaccines. | 2010 | 20683415 |
| human papillomavirus infection in asymptomatic population. | the present study aimed to evaluate type specific human papillomavirus (hpv) strains in women with different clinical manifestations but with normal cervical cytology, attending a gynecology out patient clinic and hpv infection in males attending a private pathology laboratory for routine check up in mumbai. | 2010 | 21147453 |
| update on available vaccines in india: report of the appa vu 2010: i. | the asia pacific pediatric association vaccinology update 2010 was held in mumbai on november 13-14, 2010 to discuss the latest information on burden of infectious diseases, recent developments in vaccines and their impact on immunization practices against infectious diseases occurring in indian children. during the conference the importance of including conjugate haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine and anti-rabies vaccines in routine immunization was stressed. also, the need for giving a seco ... | 2011 | 21373831 |
| Prevalence and determinants of high-risk human papillomavirus infection in middle-aged Indian women. | Little is known about the prevalence and determinants of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection in women from West India, although incidence of and mortality from cervical cancer is high. | 2011 | 21934560 |
| human papillomavirus infection among human immunodeficiency virus-infected women in maharashtra, india. | frequency and distribution of hpv types in hiv-infected women with and without cervical neoplasia and their determinants have not been widely studied in india. we report and discuss hpv prevalence and type distribution in hiv-infected women. | 2014 | 24397900 |
| determinants of womens participation in cervical cancer screening trial, maharashtra, india. | to determine the factors associated with participation in cervical cancer screening and follow-up treatment in the context of a randomized controlled trial. the trial was initiated to evaluate the efficacy and cost effectiveness of visual inspection with acetic acid, cytological screening and testing for human papillomavirus in reducing the incidence of and mortality from cervical cancer in maharashtra, india. | 2007 | 17546307 |
| prevalence of human papillomavirus types in cervical lesions from women in rural western india. | cervical cancer is the most common cancer among women in many areas of india which contributes for a fifth of the global burden of disease. persistent infection with one of the high-risk human papillomaviruses (hpv) has been established as the cause for cervical cancer and the documentation of the prevalence of hpv types in cervical cancer in different regions of india is useful for a prevention program combining both screening and vaccination. in this study, the hpv type distribution and the fr ... | 2012 | 22585722 |