Background: O câncer de colo uterino é um grande problema de saúde pública no Brasil e no mundo. Atinge cerca de meio milhão de mulheres, sendo que 50 % destas morrem. Os métodos visuais, alternativos á citologia e viáveis para países em desenvolvimento, têm sido avaliados mais intensamente na última década. Objetivos: Avaliar o desempenho da Fotografia Cervical Digital (FCD) na detecção do câncer do colo de útero e de suas lesões precursoras. Métodos: 176 mulheres foram avaliadas pelos métodos de Inspeção Visual com ácido acético (VIA), Inspeção Visual com lugol (VILI), Fotografia Cervical Digital com ácido acético (FCDA) e Fotografia Cervical Digital com lugol (FCDL). Destas, 36 foram classificadas pela histologia. Resultados: A concordância entre avaliadores observou valores de Kappa: Fotografia Cervical Digital com ácido acético, K=0,441, e Fotografia Cervical Digital com lugol, K=0,533. A concordância entre as inspeções a olho nu e as fotografias cervicais digitais após a utilização de ácido acético no colo uterino, K=0,559, e a concordância após a utilização da solução de lugol, K=0,507, considerada como concordância moderada em ambos os casos. Das 36 pacientes com avaliações histológicas, 20 dos 25 casos positivos foram corretamente avaliados tanto pela FCDA, como pela FCDL, demonstrando resultados similares aos descritos anteriormente. Conclusão: A FCD é um método promissor para o rastreamento do câncer de colo de útero e suas lesões precursoras, para países em desenvolvimento. / Background: Uterine cervix cancer is a major public health problem in Brazil and in the world. It affects half a million women with a death rate of 50%. The visual, alternative methods to cytology, considered viable for developing countries, are being assessed more intensively in the last decade. Objective: To evaluate the performance of Cervical Digital Photography (CDP) in detecting cervical cancer and its precursory lesions. Methods: A total of 176 women were evaluated by the following methods: Visual Inspection with Acetic Acid (VIA), Visual Inspection with Lugol’s Iodine (VILI), Cervical Digital Photography with Acetic Acid (CDPA) and Cervical Digital Photography with Lugol’s Iodine (CDPL). Among these, 36 were classified by histology. Results: The correlation between evaluators observed Kappa values: Cervical Digital Photography with acetic acid, K = 0.441, and Cervical Digital Photography with Lugol's Iodine, K = 0.533. The correlation between the naked eye and cervical digital photography inspection after using acetic acid in the uterine cervix, K = 0.559, and the correlation after using Lugol's Iodine solution, K = 0.507, were regarded as moderate in both cases. Of the 36 patients with histological evaluation, 20 of the 25 positive cases were correctly assessed both by the CDPA as well as by CDPL, showing similar results than those described previously. Conclusion: CDP is considered a more promising method for screening the uterine cervix cancer and its precursory lesions in developing countries.

Background: O câncer de colo uterino é um grande problema de saúde pública no Brasil e no mundo. Atinge cerca de meio milhão de mulheres, sendo que 50 % destas morrem. Os métodos visuais, alternativos á citologia e viáveis para países em desenvolvimento, têm sido avaliados mais intensamente na última década. Objetivos: Avaliar o desempenho da Fotografia Cervical Digital (FCD) na detecção do câncer do colo de útero e de suas lesões precursoras. Métodos: 176 mulheres foram avaliadas pelos métodos de Inspeção Visual com ácido acético (VIA), Inspeção Visual com lugol (VILI), Fotografia Cervical Digital com ácido acético (FCDA) e Fotografia Cervical Digital com lugol (FCDL). Destas, 36 foram classificadas pela histologia. Resultados: A concordância entre avaliadores observou valores de Kappa: Fotografia Cervical Digital com ácido acético, K=0,441, e Fotografia Cervical Digital com lugol, K=0,533. A concordância entre as inspeções a olho nu e as fotografias cervicais digitais após a utilização de ácido acético no colo uterino, K=0,559, e a concordância após a utilização da solução de lugol, K=0,507, considerada como concordância moderada em ambos os casos. Das 36 pacientes com avaliações histológicas, 20 dos 25 casos positivos foram corretamente avaliados tanto pela FCDA, como pela FCDL, demonstrando resultados similares aos descritos anteriormente. Conclusão: A FCD é um método promissor para o rastreamento do câncer de colo de útero e suas lesões precursoras, para países em desenvolvimento. / Background: Uterine cervix cancer is a major public health problem in Brazil and in the world. It affects half a million women with a death rate of 50%. The visual, alternative methods to cytology, considered viable for developing countries, are being assessed more intensively in the last decade. Objective: To evaluate the performance of Cervical Digital Photography (CDP) in detecting cervical cancer and its precursory lesions. Methods: A total of 176 women were evaluated by the following methods: Visual Inspection with Acetic Acid (VIA), Visual Inspection with Lugol’s Iodine (VILI), Cervical Digital Photography with Acetic Acid (CDPA) and Cervical Digital Photography with Lugol’s Iodine (CDPL). Among these, 36 were classified by histology. Results: The correlation between evaluators observed Kappa values: Cervical Digital Photography with acetic acid, K = 0.441, and Cervical Digital Photography with Lugol's Iodine, K = 0.533. The correlation between the naked eye and cervical digital photography inspection after using acetic acid in the uterine cervix, K = 0.559, and the correlation after using Lugol's Iodine solution, K = 0.507, were regarded as moderate in both cases. Of the 36 patients with histological evaluation, 20 of the 25 positive cases were correctly assessed both by the CDPA as well as by CDPL, showing similar results than those described previously. Conclusion: CDP is considered a more promising method for screening the uterine cervix cancer and its precursory lesions in developing countries.

Background: O câncer de colo uterino é um grande problema de saúde pública no Brasil e no mundo. Atinge cerca de meio milhão de mulheres, sendo que 50 % destas morrem. Os métodos visuais, alternativos á citologia e viáveis para países em desenvolvimento, têm sido avaliados mais intensamente na última década. Objetivos: Avaliar o desempenho da Fotografia Cervical Digital (FCD) na detecção do câncer do colo de útero e de suas lesões precursoras. Métodos: 176 mulheres foram avaliadas pelos métodos de Inspeção Visual com ácido acético (VIA), Inspeção Visual com lugol (VILI), Fotografia Cervical Digital com ácido acético (FCDA) e Fotografia Cervical Digital com lugol (FCDL). Destas, 36 foram classificadas pela histologia. Resultados: A concordância entre avaliadores observou valores de Kappa: Fotografia Cervical Digital com ácido acético, K=0,441, e Fotografia Cervical Digital com lugol, K=0,533. A concordância entre as inspeções a olho nu e as fotografias cervicais digitais após a utilização de ácido acético no colo uterino, K=0,559, e a concordância após a utilização da solução de lugol, K=0,507, considerada como concordância moderada em ambos os casos. Das 36 pacientes com avaliações histológicas, 20 dos 25 casos positivos foram corretamente avaliados tanto pela FCDA, como pela FCDL, demonstrando resultados similares aos descritos anteriormente. Conclusão: A FCD é um método promissor para o rastreamento do câncer de colo de útero e suas lesões precursoras, para países em desenvolvimento. / Background: Uterine cervix cancer is a major public health problem in Brazil and in the world. It affects half a million women with a death rate of 50%. The visual, alternative methods to cytology, considered viable for developing countries, are being assessed more intensively in the last decade. Objective: To evaluate the performance of Cervical Digital Photography (CDP) in detecting cervical cancer and its precursory lesions. Methods: A total of 176 women were evaluated by the following methods: Visual Inspection with Acetic Acid (VIA), Visual Inspection with Lugol’s Iodine (VILI), Cervical Digital Photography with Acetic Acid (CDPA) and Cervical Digital Photography with Lugol’s Iodine (CDPL). Among these, 36 were classified by histology. Results: The correlation between evaluators observed Kappa values: Cervical Digital Photography with acetic acid, K = 0.441, and Cervical Digital Photography with Lugol's Iodine, K = 0.533. The correlation between the naked eye and cervical digital photography inspection after using acetic acid in the uterine cervix, K = 0.559, and the correlation after using Lugol's Iodine solution, K = 0.507, were regarded as moderate in both cases. Of the 36 patients with histological evaluation, 20 of the 25 positive cases were correctly assessed both by the CDPA as well as by CDPL, showing similar results than those described previously. Conclusion: CDP is considered a more promising method for screening the uterine cervix cancer and its precursory lesions in developing countries.

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Background: A maioria dos métodos de rastreamento do câncer de colo de útero depende da colposcopia para a confirmação do diagnóstico. A colposcopia sofre com a falta de disponibilidade, a necessidade de longos deslocamentos por parte das pacientes e longas filas de espera. Objetivo: Avaliar o desempenho da Fotografia Cervical Digital como um método alternativo à colposcopia. Método: Foram realizadas colposcopies e Fotografias Digitais Cervicais em 228 pacientes. As Fotografias Digitais Cervicais foram avaliadas através da internet por três colposcopistas experientes. A concordância entre os métodos foi calculada através de Kappa e as porcentagens de concordância. Sensibilidade, especificidade, valor preditivo positivo, valor preditivo negativo e acuracia diagnóstica foram calculados para a colposcopia e a Fotografia Cervical Digital. A histologia foi utilizada como padrão-ouro. Resultados: A Fotografia Cervical Digital e a colposcopia concordaram em 89,9% dos casos (K=0,588). A Fotografia Cervical Digital e a colposcopia apresentaram desempenhos comparáveis, a sensibilidade foi de 52,5% e 35,0%, a especificidade de 91,86% e 91,28%, o valor preditivo positivo de 60,0% e 48,3%, valor preditivo negativo de 89,3% e 85,8%, e a acurácia diagnóstica de 84,4% e 80,7%, respectivamente. Conclusão: A Fotografia Cervical Digital é um método alternativo promissor à colposcopia. / Background: Most cervical cancer screening methods relies on colposcopy to confirm the diagnosis. Colposcopy suffers from the lack of availability, long patients’ displacement and waiting times. Objective: Evaluate the performance of the Cervical Digital Photography as an alternative method to colposcopy. Methods: Colposcopy and Cervical Digital Photography were performed in 228 women. The Cervical Digital Photographs were evaluated through internet by 3 colposcopy experts. The agreement between methods was calculated with kappa and percentages of agreement. Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value and diagnostic accuracy were calculated for colposcopy and Cervical Digital Photography. Histology was the gold standard. Results: Cervical Digital Photography and colposcopy agreed in 89.9% of the cases (K=0.588). Cervical Digital Photography and colposcopy had comparable performances, sensitivity was 52.5% and 35.0%, specificity was 91.86% and 91.28%, positive predictive value was 60.0% and 48.3%, negative predictive value was 89.3% and 85.8%, and diagnostic accuracy was 84.4% and 80.7%, respectively. Conclusion: Cervical Digital Photography is a promising alternative method to colposcopy.

Background: A maioria dos métodos de rastreamento do câncer de colo de útero depende da colposcopia para a confirmação do diagnóstico. A colposcopia sofre com a falta de disponibilidade, a necessidade de longos deslocamentos por parte das pacientes e longas filas de espera. Objetivo: Avaliar o desempenho da Fotografia Cervical Digital como um método alternativo à colposcopia. Método: Foram realizadas colposcopies e Fotografias Digitais Cervicais em 228 pacientes. As Fotografias Digitais Cervicais foram avaliadas através da internet por três colposcopistas experientes. A concordância entre os métodos foi calculada através de Kappa e as porcentagens de concordância. Sensibilidade, especificidade, valor preditivo positivo, valor preditivo negativo e acuracia diagnóstica foram calculados para a colposcopia e a Fotografia Cervical Digital. A histologia foi utilizada como padrão-ouro. Resultados: A Fotografia Cervical Digital e a colposcopia concordaram em 89,9% dos casos (K=0,588). A Fotografia Cervical Digital e a colposcopia apresentaram desempenhos comparáveis, a sensibilidade foi de 52,5% e 35,0%, a especificidade de 91,86% e 91,28%, o valor preditivo positivo de 60,0% e 48,3%, valor preditivo negativo de 89,3% e 85,8%, e a acurácia diagnóstica de 84,4% e 80,7%, respectivamente. Conclusão: A Fotografia Cervical Digital é um método alternativo promissor à colposcopia. / Background: Most cervical cancer screening methods relies on colposcopy to confirm the diagnosis. Colposcopy suffers from the lack of availability, long patients’ displacement and waiting times. Objective: Evaluate the performance of the Cervical Digital Photography as an alternative method to colposcopy. Methods: Colposcopy and Cervical Digital Photography were performed in 228 women. The Cervical Digital Photographs were evaluated through internet by 3 colposcopy experts. The agreement between methods was calculated with kappa and percentages of agreement. Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value and diagnostic accuracy were calculated for colposcopy and Cervical Digital Photography. Histology was the gold standard. Results: Cervical Digital Photography and colposcopy agreed in 89.9% of the cases (K=0.588). Cervical Digital Photography and colposcopy had comparable performances, sensitivity was 52.5% and 35.0%, specificity was 91.86% and 91.28%, positive predictive value was 60.0% and 48.3%, negative predictive value was 89.3% and 85.8%, and diagnostic accuracy was 84.4% and 80.7%, respectively. Conclusion: Cervical Digital Photography is a promising alternative method to colposcopy.

Background: A maioria dos métodos de rastreamento do câncer de colo de útero depende da colposcopia para a confirmação do diagnóstico. A colposcopia sofre com a falta de disponibilidade, a necessidade de longos deslocamentos por parte das pacientes e longas filas de espera. Objetivo: Avaliar o desempenho da Fotografia Cervical Digital como um método alternativo à colposcopia. Método: Foram realizadas colposcopies e Fotografias Digitais Cervicais em 228 pacientes. As Fotografias Digitais Cervicais foram avaliadas através da internet por três colposcopistas experientes. A concordância entre os métodos foi calculada através de Kappa e as porcentagens de concordância. Sensibilidade, especificidade, valor preditivo positivo, valor preditivo negativo e acuracia diagnóstica foram calculados para a colposcopia e a Fotografia Cervical Digital. A histologia foi utilizada como padrão-ouro. Resultados: A Fotografia Cervical Digital e a colposcopia concordaram em 89,9% dos casos (K=0,588). A Fotografia Cervical Digital e a colposcopia apresentaram desempenhos comparáveis, a sensibilidade foi de 52,5% e 35,0%, a especificidade de 91,86% e 91,28%, o valor preditivo positivo de 60,0% e 48,3%, valor preditivo negativo de 89,3% e 85,8%, e a acurácia diagnóstica de 84,4% e 80,7%, respectivamente. Conclusão: A Fotografia Cervical Digital é um método alternativo promissor à colposcopia. / Background: Most cervical cancer screening methods relies on colposcopy to confirm the diagnosis. Colposcopy suffers from the lack of availability, long patients’ displacement and waiting times. Objective: Evaluate the performance of the Cervical Digital Photography as an alternative method to colposcopy. Methods: Colposcopy and Cervical Digital Photography were performed in 228 women. The Cervical Digital Photographs were evaluated through internet by 3 colposcopy experts. The agreement between methods was calculated with kappa and percentages of agreement. Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value and diagnostic accuracy were calculated for colposcopy and Cervical Digital Photography. Histology was the gold standard. Results: Cervical Digital Photography and colposcopy agreed in 89.9% of the cases (K=0.588). Cervical Digital Photography and colposcopy had comparable performances, sensitivity was 52.5% and 35.0%, specificity was 91.86% and 91.28%, positive predictive value was 60.0% and 48.3%, negative predictive value was 89.3% and 85.8%, and diagnostic accuracy was 84.4% and 80.7%, respectively. Conclusion: Cervical Digital Photography is a promising alternative method to colposcopy.

L’intégration du génome du virus papilloma humain (VPH) a été reconnu jusqu’`a récemment comme étant un événnement fréquent mais pourtant tardif dans la progression de la maladie du col de l’utérus. La perspective temporelle vient, pourtant, d’être mise au défi par la détection de formes intégrées de VPH dans les tissus normaux et dans les lésions prénéoplasiques. Notre objectif était de déterminer la charge virale de VPH-16 et son état physique dans une série de 220 échantillons provenant de cols uterins normaux et avec des lésions de bas-grade. La technique quantitative de PCR en temps réel, méthode Taqman, nous a permis de quantifier le nombre de copies des gènes E6, E2, et de la B-globine, permettant ainsi l’évaluation de la charge virale et le ratio de E6/E2 pour chaque spécimen. Le ratio E6/E2 de 1.2 ou plus était suggestif d’intégration. Par la suite, le site d’intégration du VPH dans le génome humain a été déterminé par la téchnique de RS-PCR. La charge virale moyenne était de 57.5±324.6 copies d'ADN par cellule et le ratio E6/E2 a évalué neuf échantillons avec des formes d’HPV intégrées. Ces intégrants ont été amplifiés par RS-PCR, suivi de séquençage, et l’homologie des amplicons a été déterminée par le programme BLAST de NCBI afin d’identifier les jonctions virales-humaines. On a réussi `a identifier les jonctions humaines-virales pour le contrôle positif, c'est-à-dire les cellules SiHa, pourtant nous n’avons pas detecté d’intégration par la technique de RS-PCR dans les échantillons de cellules cervicales exfoliées provenant de tissus normaux et de lésions de bas-grade. Le VPH-16 est rarement intégré dans les spécimens de jeunes patientes. / Integration of human papillomavirus (HPV) has, until recently, been a frequent but late event in cervical carcinogenesis. The temporal view has, however, been challenged lately as integrated forms of HPV have been detected even in normal and preneoplastic lesions. Our objective was to describe HPV 16 load and physical state in a series of 220 normal and low grade cervical samples. We used quantitative real-time PCR, Taqman method, targeting E6, E2 and B-globin to calculate the HPV 16 load and the E6/E2 ratio in each sample. An E6/E2 ratio of 1.2 was used as a surrogate marker of integration. The site of integration was determined by restriction site PCR. Results show that the average viral load was 57.5±324.6 copies of DNA per cell, while E6/E2 ratio identified 9 samples with integrants. These integrants underwent amplification by restriction site PCR, followed by sequencing and nucleotide blast to identify the human-viral junctions. In conclusion, although it was possible to identify viral-host junctions with the integration positive control, that is, the SiHa cell line, the exfoliated cells of normal and low grade cervical lesions were negative for integration site by RS-PCR. HPV-16 is seldom integrated in specimens from young patients.

L’intégration du génome du virus papilloma humain (VPH) a été reconnu jusqu’`a récemment comme étant un événnement fréquent mais pourtant tardif dans la progression de la maladie du col de l’utérus. La perspective temporelle vient, pourtant, d’être mise au défi par la détection de formes intégrées de VPH dans les tissus normaux et dans les lésions prénéoplasiques. Notre objectif était de déterminer la charge virale de VPH-16 et son état physique dans une série de 220 échantillons provenant de cols uterins normaux et avec des lésions de bas-grade. La technique quantitative de PCR en temps réel, méthode Taqman, nous a permis de quantifier le nombre de copies des gènes E6, E2, et de la B-globine, permettant ainsi l’évaluation de la charge virale et le ratio de E6/E2 pour chaque spécimen. Le ratio E6/E2 de 1.2 ou plus était suggestif d’intégration. Par la suite, le site d’intégration du VPH dans le génome humain a été déterminé par la téchnique de RS-PCR. La charge virale moyenne était de 57.5±324.6 copies d'ADN par cellule et le ratio E6/E2 a évalué neuf échantillons avec des formes d’HPV intégrées. Ces intégrants ont été amplifiés par RS-PCR, suivi de séquençage, et l’homologie des amplicons a été déterminée par le programme BLAST de NCBI afin d’identifier les jonctions virales-humaines. On a réussi `a identifier les jonctions humaines-virales pour le contrôle positif, c'est-à-dire les cellules SiHa, pourtant nous n’avons pas detecté d’intégration par la technique de RS-PCR dans les échantillons de cellules cervicales exfoliées provenant de tissus normaux et de lésions de bas-grade. Le VPH-16 est rarement intégré dans les spécimens de jeunes patientes. / Integration of human papillomavirus (HPV) has, until recently, been a frequent but late event in cervical carcinogenesis. The temporal view has, however, been challenged lately as integrated forms of HPV have been detected even in normal and preneoplastic lesions. Our objective was to describe HPV 16 load and physical state in a series of 220 normal and low grade cervical samples. We used quantitative real-time PCR, Taqman method, targeting E6, E2 and B-globin to calculate the HPV 16 load and the E6/E2 ratio in each sample. An E6/E2 ratio of 1.2 was used as a surrogate marker of integration. The site of integration was determined by restriction site PCR. Results show that the average viral load was 57.5±324.6 copies of DNA per cell, while E6/E2 ratio identified 9 samples with integrants. These integrants underwent amplification by restriction site PCR, followed by sequencing and nucleotide blast to identify the human-viral junctions. In conclusion, although it was possible to identify viral-host junctions with the integration positive control, that is, the SiHa cell line, the exfoliated cells of normal and low grade cervical lesions were negative for integration site by RS-PCR. HPV-16 is seldom integrated in specimens from young patients.