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Led the Mumbai trial showing that visual inspection with acetic acid by health workers cuts cervical cancer deaths.
Surendra Shastri is a preventive oncologist and former Head of Preventive Oncology at Tata Memorial Hospital, part of the Tata Memorial Centre in Mumbai. He ran the cluster-randomised trial of visual inspection with acetic acid screening delivered by primary health workers in Mumbai slums, which showed that this approach cuts cervical cancer deaths and informed screening policy across low-resource settings. His publications include the Mumbai randomised controlled study of VIA screening by primary health workers. His interests span cervical, breast and oral cancer screening, HPV testing and self-sampling, and community trials.
| Title | Journal | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Effect of VIA screening by primary health workers: randomized controlled study in Mumbai, India | Journal of the National Cancer Institute | 2014 |
| HPV screening for cervical cancer in rural India (Osmanabad) | New England Journal of Medicine | 2009 |
Shares HPV screening for cervical cancer in rural India (Osmanabad), Mumbai VIA cervical screening trial (Tata Memorial), Colposcopy and excisional treatment (LEEP/LLETZ, cone), HPV DNA testing and self-sampling.
Shares Colposcopy and excisional treatment (LEEP/LLETZ, cone), HPV DNA testing and self-sampling, Cervical cancer.
Shares Colposcopy and excisional treatment (LEEP/LLETZ, cone), Cervical cancer.
Shares Mumbai VIA cervical screening trial (Tata Memorial), Colposcopy and excisional treatment (LEEP/LLETZ, cone), HPV DNA testing and self-sampling, Tata Memorial Centre.
Shares HPV screening for cervical cancer in rural India (Osmanabad), HPV DNA testing and self-sampling, Cervical cancer.
Shares Colposcopy and excisional treatment (LEEP/LLETZ, cone), HPV DNA testing and self-sampling, Cervical cancer.