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Table 3 Tertiary prevention research, n = 67

From: Cervical cancer prevention and treatment research in Africa: a systematic review from a public health perspective

Focus

Literature type

Countries/Geographic Regions Included

Tertiary Prevention

Treatment of Pre-Cancerous lesions

 3 LLETZ [408–410]

 2 Cryotherapy [57, 411]

 2 Comparison LEEP/Cryotherapy [311, 412]

N = 7

5 Original research [311, 408–411]

2 Review Articles [57, 412]

0 Lessons Learned

0 Policy

Kenya (1) [411], South Africa (3) [408–410], SSA (2) [57, 412], Nigeria (1) [311]

Late Diagnosis/Staging

N = 8

8 Original research [88, 233, 234, 365, 413–416]

0 Review Articles

0 Lessons Learned

0 Policy

Nigeria (3) [413–415], Morocco (1) [365], Tunisia (1) [416], Zimbabwe (1) [233], Tanzania (1) [88], South Africa (1) [234]

Treatment of Invasive Cervical Cancer

 2 Surgery [417, 418]

 3 Radiotherapy [419–421]

 2 Combination therapy [422, 423]

N = 7

5 Original research [417, 418, 420, 421, 423]

1 Review Articles [422]

1 Lessons Learned [419]

0 Policy

SSA (1) [422], South Africa (3) [418, 420, 423], Uganda (1) [421], Senegal (1) [419], Nigeria (1) [417]

Survival

N = 8

6 Original research [87, 95, 100, 424–426]

2 Review Articles [427, 428]

0 Lessons Learned

0 Policy

Malawi (1) [424], Uganda (2) [425, 428], Gambia (1) [428], Ethiopia (1) [100], South Africa (1) [426], Zimbabwe (1) [95], Kenya (1) [87], Egypt (1) [427]

HIV and treatment

 8 HIV and CIN [235, 236, 240–242, 244, 429, 430]

 8 HIV and ICC [238, 239, 243, 246, 431–434]

 7 HIV/Treatment of CIN and ICC [239, 245, 247, 248, 435–437]

N = 23

22 Original research [235, 236, 238–248, 429–433, 435–437]

1 Review Articles [434]

0 Lessons Learned

0 Policy

South Africa (11) [240, 242, 243, 245, 247, 248, 429, 432, 433, 436, 437], Kenya (5) [235, 236, 239, 244, 430], Uganda (1) [238], Global/SSA (3) [241, 246, 434], Cote ‘Ivoire (1) [431], Senegal (1) [435]

Feasibility

 1 Access/Awareness/Health Policy [255]

 6 Training needs [92, 438–442]

 5 Infrastructure needs [443–447]

 2 Costs [448, 449]

N = 14

10 Original research

1 Review Articles [445]

0 Lessons Learned

0 Policy Papers

2 Meeting report [92, 442, 447]

1 Book Chapter [255]

Africa (4) [441–443, 447], Kenya (1) [438], Botswana (1) [444], Nigeria (1) [439], SSA (4) [92, 255, 445, 446], Morocco (1) [448], Tunisia (1) [449], South Africa (1) [440]

 

N = 67

57 Original research

7 Review Articles

1 Lessons Learned

0 Policy Papers

2 Meeting report

1 Book Chapter

Kenya (8), South Africa (20), SSA (10), Nigeria (6), Morocco (2), Tunisia (2), Zimbabwe (2), Tanzania (1), Uganda (4), Senegal (2), Malawi (1), Ethiopia (1), Gambia (1), Egypt (1), Cote d’Ivoire (1), Botswana (1)