Sigit Purbadi

Cervical cancer prevention program in Jakarta, Indonesia: See and Treat model in developing country.

Objective The purpose of this study was to describe the implementation of single visit approach or See-visual inspection of the cervix with acetic acid (VIA)-and Treat-immediate cryotherapy in the VIA positive cases-model for the cervical cancer prevention in Jakarta, Indonesia. Methods An observational study in community setting for See and Treat program was conducted in Jakarta from 2007 until 2010. The program used a proactive and coordinative with VIA and cryotherapy (Proactive-VO) model with comprehensive approach that consists of five pillars 1) area preparation, 2) training, 3) awareness, 4) VIA and cryotherapy, and 5) referral. Results There were 2,216 people trained, consist of 641 general practitioners, 678 midwives, 610 public health cadres and 287 key people from the society. They were trained for five days followed by refreshing and evaluation program to ensure the quality of the test providers. In total, 22,989 women had been screened. The VIA test-positive rate was 4.21% (970/22,989). In this positive group, immediate cryotherapy was performed in 654 women (67.4%). Conclusion See and Treat program was successfully implemented in Jakarta area. The Proactive-VO model is a promising way to screen and treat precancerous lesions in low resource setting.

Modified Cervicography and Visual Inspection With Acetic Acid as an Alternative Screening Method for Cervical Precancerous Lesions

Background We compared the diagnostic accuracy between visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA) and modified cervicography as an alternative screening method for cervical precancerous lesions. Methods A diagnostic cross-sectional study was performed at the outpatient clinic at an Indonesian national referral hospital from February until April 2015. We collected samples from patients who sequentially underwent VIA examination, modified cervicography, and colposcopy. Results A total of 185 patients were included in this study. Modified cervicography showed positive results in 7.6% of patients, while 7.0% of patients had a VIA positive result. This is compared to 5.4% of patients showing abnormal colposcopy results. From those results, we obtained that sensitivity and specificity of VIA were 96.0% and 90.9%. Meanwhile, sensitivity and specificity of modified cervicography were 97.7% and 90.9%, respectively, compared to colposcopy as a gold standard. Conclusions Modified cervicography and VIA are reliable tools for cervical cancer screening, with comparable sensitivity and specificity. Modified cervicography can be used as a supplementary tool to improve the documentation of VIA and as an alternative to VIA alone.

Expression of NFkB in Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer and Its Relation to Radiotherapy Response

One of the expected elimination pathways of cancer cells in the process of radiation is apoptosis. Nuclear factor kappa-B (NFkB) is a transcription factor related to the mechanism of apoptosis resistance of a cell, which can affect the post-radiation response. The aim of this study is to assess the relative expression of NFkB in locally advanced cervical cancer and its relation to radiotherapy response. The study was conducted with observational cohort design on January-October 2015. Pre-radiotherapy cervical biopsy specimen was collected from 17 subjects, while only 10 subjects were willing to be taken mid-radiotherapy cervical biopsy specimen. We extracted and analyzed mRNA of NFkB by using qRT-PCR. NFkB relative expression was tested to its correlation with radiotherapy response. This study demonstrated that median of pra-radiotherapy relative expression on subjects with negative response (0.667; SD 0.413) was higher than positive response (0.315; SD 160.298), but not statistically significant (p=0.578). Alteration of mid-radiotherapy NFkB relative expression compared to pra-radiotherapy showed correlation to radiotherapy response. It is concluded that reduced expression of mid-radiotherapy NFkB relative expression plays a role in increasing radiotherapy response. Normal 0 false false false IN X-NONE X-NONE