International agreement to join forces in synthesizing evidence on new methods for cervical cancer prevention.

Last updated on 23-8-2019 by Anonymous (non vérifié)

Peer reviewed scientific article

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Résumé:

Recently published baseline results of randomised controlled trials, comparing cytology with HPV-based cervical cancer screening, consistently show increased detection of high-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) in the HPV-arm. These results are in line with the pooled estimates of the relative sensitivity derived from cross-sectional studies. From two randomised trials, also the longitudinal outcomes observed at the second screening round were reported. HPV-negative women, had a relative risk of developing CIN3 in the next 3 to 5 years, compared to cytology-negative women, of 0….

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