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- Title
Diagnostic value of combination of HPV testing and cytology as compared to isolated cytology in screening cervical cancer: A meta-analysis.
- Authors
Tong Li; Yan Li; Guo-Xian Yang; Peng Shi; Xiao-Ying Sun; Yu Yang; Ying-Ying Li; Yang Liu; Li, Tong; Li, Yan; Yang, Guo-Xian; Shi, Peng; Sun, Xiao-Ying; Yang, Yu; Li, Ying-Ying; Liu, Yang
- Abstract
<bold>Objectives: </bold>The objective of this study was to assess the diagnostic value of combination of human papillomavirus (HPV) testing and cytology as compared to isolated cytology in screening cervical cancer.<bold>Materials and Methods: </bold>We searched public databases including PubMed and Embase before September 30, 2014. Sensitivity, specificity, positive likelihood ratio (LR), negative LR, and diagnostic odds ratio (DOR) of the two methods from included studies were meta-analyzed. The summary receiver operating characteristic (SROC) curve was constructed, and the area under curve (AUC) and an index Q* were summarized. Besides, a two-sample Z-test was conducted to evaluate the differences of the two diagnostic modalities.<bold>Results: </bold>Totally eight studies were involved. The included studies showed significant heterogeneity in estimating sensitivity, specificity, positive LR, negative LR, and DOR in both methods. The results of the above indexes in combination method were 0.937 (95% confidence interval (CI): 0.925-0.948), 0.858 (95% CI: 0.855-0.860), 3.924 (95% CI: 2.037-7.559), 0.083 (95% CI: 0.033-0.210), and 51.563 (95% CI: 14.682-181.09), respectively. The AUC and Q* index were 0.8841 and 0.8763, respectively. The results for isolated method were 0.743 (95% CI: 0.716-0.768), 0.951 (95% CI: 0.949-0.953), 6.408 (95% CI: 2.322-17.683), 0.226 (95% CI: 0.112-0.460), and 30.897 (95% CI: 7.170-133.15), respectively. The AUC and Q* index were 0.8550 and 0.7859, respectively. Combination method was superior to isolated method (Z = 13.375, P < 0.01) in sensitivity, while was inferior to isolated method (Z = 56.935, P < 0.01) in specificity.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>Combination of HPV testing and cytology may be appropriate for screening cervical cancer if conditions allow.
- Subjects
PAPILLOMAVIRUSES; CERVICAL cancer; CYTOLOGY; LIKELIHOOD ratio tests; CANCER diagnosis; COMPARATIVE studies; CYTODIAGNOSIS; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL cooperation; META-analysis; RESEARCH; EVALUATION research; PREDICTIVE tests; CERVICAL intraepithelial neoplasia; DIAGNOSIS
- Publication
Journal of Cancer Research & Therapeutics, 2016, Vol 12, Issue 1, p283
- ISSN
0973-1482
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.4103/0973-1482.154032