Effect of self-collection of HPV DNA offered by community health workers at home visits on uptake of screening for cervical cancer (the EMA study): a population-based cluster-randomised trial

• Main Authors: Dr. Silvina Arrossi, PhD (Author), Laura Thouyaret, BSc (Author), Rolando Herrero, PhD (Author), Alicia Campanera, MD (Author), Adriana Magdaleno, BSc (Author), Milca Cuberli, MSc (Author), Paula Barletta, BSc (Author), Rosa Laudi, MD (Author), Liliana Orellana, PhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2015-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Control of cervical cancer in developing countries has been hampered by a failure to achieve high screening uptake. HPV DNA self-collection could increase screening coverage, but implementation of this technology is difficult in countries of middle and low income. We investigated whether...