Minimizing verification bias in cervical cancer screening of HIV-infected women

Allen C Bateman; Carla J Chibwesha; Groesbeck P Parham

doi:10.1016/j.ijgo.2014.09.007

Minimizing verification bias in cervical cancer screening of HIV-infected women

Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2015 Mar;128(3):269-70. doi: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2014.09.007. Epub 2014 Oct 24.

Authors

Allen C Bateman¹, Carla J Chibwesha², Groesbeck P Parham³

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia; Department of Medicine, UNC School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. Electronic address: bateman.allen@gmail.com.
² Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, UNC School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
³ Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, UNC School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA; University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia.

Abstract

Approximately one-third of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia 2 and above can be missed by only biopsying quadrants of the cervix with visible lesions by digital cervicography.

Keywords: Biopsy; Cervical cancer; HIV; Screening; Verification bias; Zambia.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Early Detection of Cancer / methods
Early Detection of Cancer / standards
Female
HIV Infections / complications*
Humans
Mass Screening / methods*
Mass Screening / standards
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / diagnosis*

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

Grants and funding