Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan

Datos Biográficos

ID6079898
NOMBRERengaswamy Sankaranarayanan
NOMBRESRengaswamy
APELLIDOSankaranarayanan
FIRMASANKARANARAYANAN R
AFILIACIONESCentre international de recherche sur le cancer
ORCID0000-0003-2595-6642
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS7
TOTAL DE CITAS0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR7
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN1990
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2023
ÍNDICE H0

  • Health and economic effects of introducing single-dose or two-dose human papillomavirus vaccination in India

    Open AccessTiago M de Carvalho, Irene Man et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2023

    BACKGROUND: Cervical cancer is a major public health problem in India, where access to prevention programmes is low. The WHO-Strategic Advisory Group of Experts recently updated their recommendation for human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination to include a single-dose option in addition to the two-dose option, which could make HPV vaccination programmes easier to implement and more affordable. METHODS: We combined projections from a type-specific H…

  • A pilot study to evaluate home-based screening for the common non-communicable diseases by a dedicated cadre of community health workers in a rural setting in India

    Open AccessPartha Basu, Manoj Mahajan et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2019

    Delivery of NCD screening services at home by trained CHWs is feasible and well-accepted by our study population

  • Challenges faced by cervical cancer prevention programs in developing countries

    Open AccessSilvina Arrossi, Melisa Paolino et al.ARTICLERevista Panamericana de Salud…2010

    screening in Argentina is mainly opportunistic, characterized by an estimated low coverage, coexisting with over-screening of women with access to health services, and an absence of quality control procedures. Policies for cervical cancer screening in the provinces vary and, most often, deviate from the national recommendation of one Pap smear every 3 years for women 35-64 years of age. Ensuring compliance with national program guidelines is an e…

  • Evidence-Based, Alternative Cervical Cancer Screening Approaches in Low-Resource Settings

    Jacqueline Sherris, Scott Wittet et al.ARTICLEInternational Perspectives on…2009

  • Social inequality in Pap smear coverage

    Silvina Arrossi, Silvina Ramos et al.ARTICLEReproductive Health Matters2008

    In Argentina, the unequal distribution of the burden of cervical cancer is striking: the mortality rate of the province of Jujuy (15/100,000) is almost four times higher than that of the city of Buenos Aires (4/100,000). We aimed to establish the socio-demographic profile of women who were under-users of Pap smear screening, based on an analysis of a representative sample of Argentinean women from the First National Survey on Risk Factors in 2005…

  • Alliance for Cervical Cancer Prevention

    Jacqueline Sherris, Thomas C Wright et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2007Referencias: 9

    The recently published article by Suba et al.1 advocates for expanded access to Papanicolaou testing worldwide and for analysis of obstacles to effective screening programs. We are pleased to see discussion of this important topic in the Journal. Suba et al. criticized the work of the Alliance for Cervical Cancer Prevention (ACCP), an alliance of 5 organizations with a goal of reducing cervical cancer deaths among the world’s poorest women. The a…

  • Risk factors for cancer of the buccal and labial mucosa in Kerala, southern India

    Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan, S W Duffy et al.ARTICLEJournal of Epidemiology and…1990Referencias: 12

    STUDY OBJECTIVE--The aim was to investigate risk factors for cancer of the buccal and labial mucosa in Kerala, southern India. DESIGN--The investigation was a case-control study. SETTING--Regional Cancer Centre, Trivandrum, Kerala, and local teaching hospitals. PARTICIPANTS--Cases were all those registered with oral cancers at the Regional Cancer Centre during 1983 and 1984 (n = 414). Controls (n = 895) were selected from admissions to the cancer…