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BMJ OPEN
Volume 10, Issue 3, Pages -Publisher
BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-035153
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- Gynecologic Cancer Research Foundation
- United Foundation for China's Health
- regional health offices of the Peoples Republic of China
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Objective Implementation of a novel, rapid, high-volume, see-and-treat cervical cancer screening programme using self-swab human papillomavirus (HPV) testing and digital colposcopy in underserved regions of Yunnan China. Design 480-980 women per day self-swabbed for high-risk HPV (hrHPV+). Four careHPV machines (Qiagen) were run simultaneously to test the specimens. All hrHPV+ patients were contacted the same day and digital colposcopy was performed with the enhanced visual assessment system (MobileODT). Digital images were obtained, and all suspected lesions were biopsied and then treated. Setting Rural and underserved areas of the Yunnan province, Kunming municipality. Participants 3600 women, mean age 50.2 years, who had never been screened for cervical cancer. The women were of the Yi, Hui, Dai and Han ethnicities. Interventions Cryotherapy was performed on all lesions suspicious for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) 1 and loop electrosurgical excision procedure was performed on all lesions suspicious for >= CIN2. Endocervical curettage was performed if the transformation zone was not fully visualised. Results 216 women (6%) were hrHPV+. 168 underwent same-day colposcopy (23 CIN1, 17=CIN2). Digital colposcopy was able to identify 15 of 16 (93.8%)>= CIN2 lesions. Conclusions This study illustrates a high-volume, rapid and practical strategy that can be used to screen and treat an ethnically diverse group of Chinese women. First, HPV self-sampling allows large numbers of women to be screened rapidly and relatively inexpensively. Only hrHPV+ women will then require further evaluation. Digital colposcopy is then performed on hrHPV+ women with a portable digital colposcope. The high-resolution images obtained can facilitate appropriate same-day treatment as they are able to accurately distinguish between CIN1 and >= CIN2 lesions.
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