New England Journal of Medicine
Volume 360 – April 2, 2009 – Number 14
http://content.nejm.org/current.shtml

Editorial
From India to the World – A Better Way to Prevent Cervical Cancer
Mark Schiffman, M.D., M.P.H., and Sholom Wacholder, Ph.D.
[Initial text per NEJM convention]
“In this issue of the Journal, Sankaranarayanan et al. report the results of a randomized clinical trial of screening for cervical cancer involving more than 130,000 women in India. The authors conclusively showed that a single round of screening for human papillomavirus (HPV) dramatically reduced the incidence of advanced cervical cancer and cervical-cancer mortality within 8 years far more than a single conventional cytologic test or visual inspection of the cervix with acetic acid (VIA). The implications of the findings of this trial are immediate and global: international experts in cervical-cancer prevention should now adapt HPV testing for widespread implementation…”