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. 2017 Mar 3:20:58-61.
doi: 10.1016/j.gore.2017.02.011. eCollection 2017 May.

Cervical cancer prevention in El Salvador (CAPE)-An HPV testing-based demonstration project: Changing the secondary prevention paradigm in a lower middle-income country

Mauricio Maza  1 , Karla Alfaro  1 , Jillian Garai  2 , Mario Morales Velado  3 , Julia C Gage  4 , Philip E Castle  5 , Juan Felix  6 , Silvana Luciani  7 , Nicole Campos  8 , Jane Kim  8 , Rachel Masch  9 , Miriam Cremer  2
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Cervical cancer prevention in El Salvador (CAPE)-An HPV testing-based demonstration project: Changing the secondary prevention paradigm in a lower middle-income country

Mauricio Maza et al. Gynecol Oncol Rep. .

Abstract

•CareHPV tests were used to compare screen-and-treat and colposcopy management.•Screen-and-treat strategy with HPV testing was found to be very cost-effective.•CAPE has screened > 25,000 women in the Paracentral region.•Over 70% of screen-positive women received recommended treatment within six months.•CAPE is an example of public-private partnership resulting in paradigm change.

Keywords: Cervical cancer; HPV; Implementation; Screen-and-treat; Screening.

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Fig. 1
CAPE summary. Phases 1 and 2 consisted of colposcopy and screen-and-treat management strategies, while all women were assigned to screen-and treat in Phase 3.
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MINSAL's new guidelines. In 2015, El Salvador's Ministry of Health published its new HPV-test cervical cancer screening guidelines for women aged 30 to 59.
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