Early detection of Cervical Cancer in under- or never-screened women

• Grant number: 20/00445-6
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate (Direct)
• Start date: April 01, 2020
• End date: March 31, 2024
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Collective Health - Preventive Medicine
• Agreement: European Commission (Horizon 2020)
• Principal Investigator: Adhemar Longatto Filho
• Grantee: Luani Rezende Godoy
• Host Institution: Hospital do Câncer de Barretos. Fundação Pio XII (FP). Barretos , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 18/22017-6 - Early detection of cervical cancer in under- or never-screened women, AP.TEM
• Associated scholarship(s): 22/00712-0 - HPV variants and polymorphisms analysis existing in European and Latin American women, BE.EP.DD

Abstract

This is a 3-arm prospective intervention study to assess the user take-up acceptability of a HPV self-sampling and testing device as a Cervical Cancer screening strategy. The first arm will be the control (standard practice), the second arm will be the community outreach/mobilization for education (women receive information about sexual health and Cervical Cancer and are referred to local clinics for screening), and the third arm will be the community outreach/mobilization for education (women receive information about sexual health and Cervical Cancer and receive on-site HPV testing and results). This study uses a community-based participatory approach in which women from hard-to-reach populations become community-based researchers, co-creators, and ambassadors of this pilot study in their local communities or groups. Our participatory approach also requires that research agreements will be established with the leaders (in the case of hard-to-reach villages, neighbourhoods, communities, tribes or clans) and/or stakeholders (in the case of hard-to-reach women in large cities, from specific ethnic or cultural groups, etc.) in hard-to-reach communities for this study. Relationships will be built with local hard-to-reach communities through site visits, meetings, presentations, and public information about the project. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

GODOY, LUANI REZENDE; POSSATI-RESENDE, JULIO CESAR; GUIMARAES, YASMIN MEDEIROS; PEDRAO, PRISCILA GRECCA; DOS REIS, RICARDO; LONGATTO-FILHO, ADHEMAR. Implementation of HPV Tests in Latin America: What We Learned; What Should We Have Learned, and What Can We Do Better?. CANCERS, v. 14, n. 11, p. 13-pg., 2022-06-01. (18/22017-6, 20/00445-6)