| cervical cancer: assessment of diagnosis and treatment facilities in public health institutions in addis ababa, ethiopia. | cervical cancer is the second most common cancer in women globally and the leading cause of cancer deaths in women in low income countries. the majority of cervical cancer related deaths occur in the developing world. it is also an important public health problem in ethiopia, a country without a well-established control program for the disease. this study assessed the diagnostic and therapeutic facility for cervical cancer (including health providers' awareness of the disease) in addis ababa pub ... | 2015 | 26591294 |
| a pilot study on detection and genotyping of humanpapilloma virus isolated from clinically diagnosed ethiopian women having cervical intraepithelial neoplasia. | human papilloma virus associated cervical cancers are more prevalent in developing countries compared to developed countries. cervical cancer is reported as the most frequent malignancy among women visiting hospitals in ethiopia. this study is a pilot study designed to examine the prevalence and genotypes of hpv in twenty ethiopian women, clinically diagnosed to have cervical neoplasia, while visiting gynecology unit of a tertiary level referral hospital in addis ababa. the objective of this stu ... | 2014 | 24696989 |