Optimizing cervical cancer care in resource-constrained developing countries by tailoring community prevention and clinical management protocol

Cervical cancer is the commonest malignancy among women in resource-poor low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Western models of health-care organization and delivery may not be suitable for these settings. Research in health services needs to be undertaken before Western oncological prevention and management protocols can be adopted from the innovative affluent countries. It is possible to tailor cervical cancer prevention and management protocols and to avoid inappropriate technology on the basis of a literature review of demographic and clinical profiles in LMICs.