Vinegar screening helps cut cervical cancer deaths in India: study

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Vinegar screening helps cut cervical cancer deaths in India: study

By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - A simple screening program for cervical cancer using vinegar and visual exams helped reduce deaths caused by the cancer by 31 percent in a group of 150,000 poor women in India, researchers reported on Sunday. If implemented broadly, the screening program could lead to the prevention of 22,000 deaths from cervical cancer in India, and 72,000 deaths in the developing world each year, the team reported at the American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting in Chicago. "We had a 31 percent reduction in cervical cancer death. ...

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