Histologic Outcomes for Cryotherapy-Ineligible Cervical Lesions

This book looks at the histologic outcomes of the commonly seen cryotherapy-ineligible lesions in the Cervical Cancer Prevention Progam in Zambia. The need to know what kind of abnormal cervicography requires to have histologic valuation is vital , particularly in he the low economic situations. Sending all abnormal lesions for histology is costly, leads to over treatment and does not reduce the incidence of cervical cancer. Conversely, using a very stringent criteria to send abnormal lesions for histology may lead to inadvertent missing of cancer cases. An accurate criteria for determining which lesions are cryotherapy-ineligible, and therefore requiring histological examination cannot be overemphasised.

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I am a clinical researcher currently working as an Obstetrician Gynecologist at the University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka, Zambia. My interest in research prompted me to join the Cervical Cancer Prevention Program in Zambia in 2008 with culmination in my masters thesis whose results i share in this book.