Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan
仁卡斯瓦米·桑卡拉纳拉亚南
MD
Distinguished Senior Scientist; Former Head, Screening Group, IARC; Founder, IARC Screening Hub杰出高级科学家；IARC筛查组前负责人；IARC筛查中心创始人
👥Biography 个人简介
The scientist most responsible for evidence that visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA) and single-visit HPV testing can realistically eliminate cervical cancer in low-resource settings. His IARC-led cluster randomized trials in India involving over 200,000 women produced the foundational RCT evidence that underpins every major global cervical cancer screening guideline and the WHO elimination strategy.
🧪Research Fields 研究领域
🎓Key Contributions 主要贡献
VIA and Single-Visit Cervical Cancer Screening RCTs
Led cluster-randomized trials in India involving 225,000 women demonstrating that VIA screen-and-treat approach reduced cervical cancer mortality by 31% over 12 years in a real-world LMIC setting, producing the landmark evidence that enabled WHO to recommend VIA as a primary screening option for countries without cytology or HPV infrastructure.
Oral Cancer Screening Mortality Reduction
Conducted a 15-year cluster RCT in Kerala, India — the world's only oral cancer screening mortality RCT — demonstrating that community health worker-delivered oral visual inspection reduced oral cancer mortality by 43% in tobacco users, establishing the evidence base for WHO and India's national oral cancer control programs.
Representative Works 代表性著作
Effect of visual screening on cervical cancer incidence and mortality in Tamil Nadu, India: a cluster-randomised trial
The Lancet (2007)
Definitive cluster-RCT demonstrating that VIA screening with immediate cryotherapy in a single visit reduced cervical cancer incidence and mortality in a low-resource South Indian population, reshaping global screening guidelines.
🏆Awards & Recognition 奖项与荣誉
📄Data Sources 数据来源
Last updated: 2026-01-15 | All information from publicly available academic sources
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