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This study was designed to assess if visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA test) could be an appropriate alternative method for cervical cancer screening. Therefore, we compared VIA, as a stand\u2010alone test, with the gold standard test (colposcopy) in detecting significant cervical pathology in our setting.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Materials and Methods:\u2002<\/jats:bold> The study population consisted of the women who attended the Gynecological Clinic in Ghaem Hospital from April 2008 to April 2009. All of them were tested with VIA. Then, 100 test\u2010positive women and 100 test\u2010negative women were randomly selected and underwent cytology and colposcopy. Cervical biopsies were conducted for the women with abnormal colposcopic findings. Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value were calculated for each test and then were compared.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Results:\u2002<\/jats:bold> Sixty\u2010nine women in the VIA\u2010positive group and 61 women in the VIA\u2010negative group had abnormal cytology. After studying the biopsies, 58 women with positive VIA, and two women with negative VIA had a final diagnosis of dysplasia. 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