Publications by authors named "S Shamsunder"
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- Colposcopy is a key technique for assessing abnormal cervical screening results, but there's a shortage of trained professionals and facilities in low- to middle-income countries, impacting screening efforts.
- The study aimed to evaluate the performance of an AI-integrated mobile device, MobileODT EVA, in diagnosing cervical issues compared to traditional physician checks and histopathological results.
- Among 2050 screened women, the AI tool showed comparable sensitivity to physicians but lower specificity and predictive values, suggesting it could be useful for preliminary assessments of women with positive screening results.
Objective: Knowledge of proper collection, storage, preservation, and processing techniques is critical to ensuring proper handling and analysis of fluid cytology specimens. This study was conducted to determine the effect of anticoagulation, pre-smearing acetic acid treatment technique, and saline rehydration technique on morphological assessment, reproducibility, and reporting in fluid cytology.
Material And Methods: The study was carried out in the cytopathology laboratory over 2 months (April-May 2022), where 100 effusion samples were analyzed.
Vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia (VIN) is a noninvasive squamous lesion that is a precursor of vulvar squamous cell cancer. Currently, no screening tests are available for detecting VIN, and a biopsy is performed to confirm the clinical diagnosis. Despite sharing many risk factors with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia, the diagnosis of VIN is poses challenges, contributing to its increasing prevalence.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCervical Cancer Screening Coverage at Tertiary Care Institutes Across India.
Asian Pac J Cancer Prev
December 2023
Objectives: The 70% screening coverage target proposed in the global cervical cancer elimination strategy is not achieved even at tertiary centres in India. A situational analysis was done to assess the currently existing facilities and barriers in tertiary care institutes.
Methods: This cross sectional multicentric study was conducted from August to September 2021 in six tertiary care institutes across India.
In low-resource settings, a point-of-care test for cervical cancer screening that can give an immediate result to guide management is urgently needed. A transvaginal digital device, "Smart Scope" (SS), with an artificial intelligence-enabled auto-image-assessment (SS-AI) feature, was developed. In a single-arm observational study, eligible consenting women underwent a Smart Scope-aided VIA-VILI test.
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