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Doctors reported results Sunday at a cancer conference in Chicago. Experts called the results "amazing" and said this, quick and cheap test could save thousands of lives each year in developing countries by detecting early signs of cancer, making treatment for it later.

Usha Devi, one of the women in the study, says that saved his life.

"Many women refused to be tested. Some of them later died of cancer," said Devi. "Now I feel that everyone should be tested. I got back my life because of these tests."

Pap and HPV testing, a virus which causes most cases of cervical cancer, lowers its cases and deaths in the United States. But poor countries can not afford these screening instruments.

This study was a test that is inexpensive and can be done by locals only two weeks of training without advanced laboratory equipment. They swabbing the cervix with vinegar diluted, which can lead to short change color abnormal cells.

This low-tech visual examination mortality rate of cervical cancer by 31 percent, according to the study. 22,000 deaths could be avoided in India and every year, researchers estimate. 72,600 worldwide

"That's great. That is extraordinary. 'S a very exciting result," said Dr. Ted Trimble, National Cancer Institute of the United States, the main sponsor of the study.

The history of the research participant Usha Devi is not uncommon. Despite having given birth to four children, who had never had. Gynecological exam He was bleeding heavily for several years, hoping patience and prayers would fix things.

"Everyone said he would go, and every time I thought about going to the doctor or had no money or anything else would go," he said, sitting in a small room tha

t serves as a bedroom, kitchen, bathroom and living room for all of its family.

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