AUTHOR=Kumari Sarita TITLE=Screening for Cervical Cancer in Pregnancy JOURNAL=Oncology Reviews VOLUME=17 YEAR=2023 URL=https://www.frontierspartnerships.org/journals/oncology-reviews/articles/10.3389/or.2023.11429 DOI=10.3389/or.2023.11429 ISSN=1970-5557 ABSTRACT=

Cervical cancer remains a leading cause of cancer related morbidity and mortality in low/low-middle income countries. Lack of screening is the leading cause of cases being diagnosed in advanced stages and screening is still opportunistic in a majority of these countries. Hospital visits during pregnancy provides a window of opportunity to screen these susceptible women and reduce the burden of disease. Screening women during pregnancy is not practiced widely due to concerns of pregnancy loss, bleeding and a lack of clear information among patients as well as healthcare professionals.