Evaluation of the Comparative Efficacy of Single Versus Double-Freeze Cryotherapy in Diamond Harbour District, Calcutta, West Bengal, India

The project was meant to investigate the test characteristics of Visual Inspection with Acetic Acid (VIA) and Visual Inspection with Lugol’s Iodine (VILI) carried out by trained health workers in detecting high grade cervical cancer lesions followed by Colposcopy and evaluation of the efficacy of single and double-freeze cryotherapy techniques in controlling different grades of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN).

Target population:

Rural women, married, between 25 – 59 years of age.

Supported
by:

International Agency for Research on Cancer (WHO), Lyon, France.

Period:

2004 – 2006.

Investigator:

Maqsood Siddiqi.