Discipline of Public Health Medicine, School of Nursing and Public Health, University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2nd Floor George Campbell Building, Howard College Campus, Durban, 4041, South Africa.
College of Health Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, MP167, Zimbabwe.
Syst Rev. 2021 Jun 21;10(1):180. doi: 10.1186/s13643-021-01740-3.
Cancer is a non-communicable disease and is the number 2 leading cause of death globally. Among all cancers, cervical cancer is the number 1 killer of women in low-income countries (LICs). Cervical cancer is a well understood preventable cancer. The rates of cervical cancer are very varied and inversely proportional to the effectiveness of disease management policies. Management of cervical cancer includes prevention, screening, diagnosis and treatment. The main objective of this scoping review is to map the evidence on cervical cancer management in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) to understand the coverage of cervical cancer prevention and treatment services and provide an opportunity to generate knowledge on the risk factors, attitudes and practices extendable globally.
This review will be guided by Arksey and O'Malley's framework recommended for conducting scoping review studies. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-Scr) checklist will also be completed to ensure that the review adheres to the sound methodological rigour acceptable for scoping review studies. The following electronic databases will be searched for potentially eligible articles: PubMed, Ebsco Host, Scopus and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. Study screening procedures recommended by Higgins and Deeks will be followed. A narrative synthesis will be used, with data synthesised and interpreted using sifting, charting and sorting based on themes and key issues.
Cervical cancer can become a disease of the past with a proper control strategy in place. It is therefore imperative to map available evidence on the management of cervical cancer to inform policy and advocacy action. More knowledge on the status quo will guide policymakers in ensuring cancer management guiding policies are formulated/updated/revised accordingly.
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癌症是非传染性疾病，是全球范围内的第二大死亡原因。在所有癌症中，宫颈癌是低收入国家（LICs）女性的头号杀手。宫颈癌是一种可以预防的癌症。宫颈癌的发病率差异很大，与疾病管理政策的有效性成反比。宫颈癌的管理包括预防、筛查、诊断和治疗。本次范围综述的主要目的是绘制撒哈拉以南非洲（SSA）宫颈癌管理的证据图，以了解宫颈癌预防和治疗服务的覆盖范围，并为全球范围内的风险因素、态度和实践提供知识。
本综述将遵循 Arksey 和 O'Malley 推荐的用于进行范围综述研究的框架。还将完成用于系统综述和荟萃分析扩展的首选报告项目（PRISMA-Scr）清单，以确保综述符合可接受的范围综述研究的合理方法严谨性。将搜索以下电子数据库以获取潜在的合格文章：PubMed、Ebsco Host、Scopus 和 Cochrane 系统评价数据库。将遵循 Higgins 和 Deeks 推荐的研究筛选程序。将使用叙述性综合法，根据主题和关键问题对数据进行筛选、图表制作和分类，以进行数据综合和解释。
通过实施适当的控制策略，宫颈癌可以成为过去的疾病。因此，有必要对宫颈癌管理的现有证据进行制图，以为政策和宣传行动提供信息。更多关于现状的知识将指导政策制定者确保制定/更新/修订相应的癌症管理指导政策。
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本范围综述未注册。
