HIV status, age at cervical Cancer screening and cervical cytology outcomes in an opportunistic screening setting in Nigeria: a 10-year Cross sectional data analysis

HIV status, age at cervical Cancer screening and cervical cytology outcomes in an opportunistic screening setting in Nigeria: a 10-year Cross sectional data analysis

Abstract Background Invasive cervical cancer (ICC) is more prevalent in HIV infected women and occurs at younger median age than in HIV negative women. Organized cervical cancer screening (CCS) is presently lacking in Nigeria, and the age at CCS is not known in this population. We sought to examine...

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Main Authors: Jonah Musa, Chad J. Achenbach, Charlesnika T. Evans, Neil Jordan, Patrick H. Daru, Olugbenga Silas, Atiene S. Sagay, Rose Anorlu, Supriya D. Mehta, Firas Wehbe, Melissa A. Simon, Isaac F. Adewole, Lifang Hou, Robert L. Murphy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-11-01
Series:Infectious Agents and Cancer
Subjects:
Cervical cancer screening
HIV status
Age at screening
Opportunistic screening
Cytology outcome
Nigeria
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13027-019-0263-4

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s13027-019-0263-4

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