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- Title
Long-term protective effect of high-risk human papillomavirus testing in population-based cervical screening.
- Authors
Bulkmans, N W J; Rozendaal, L; Voorhorst, F J; Snijders, P J F; Meijer, C J L M
- Abstract
We prospectively evaluated the 5-year predictive values of adding high-risk human papillomavirus (hrHPV) testing to cytology for the detection of > or = cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN)3 lesions in a population-based cohort of 2810 women. At baseline, nine (0.3%) women had prevalent lesions > or = CIN3, all being hrHPV positive. After 5 years of follow-up, four (6.5%) of the 62 hrHPV-positive women with normal cytology developed lesions > or = CIN3, vs only one (0.05%) of the 2175 hrHPV-negative women with normal cytology. High-risk human papillomavirus testing or combined screening revealed a much higher sensitivity, at the cost of a small decrease in specificity, and a higher negative predictive value for the detection of lesions > or = CIN3 till the next screening round (5 years) than cytology alone.
- Publication
British journal of cancer, 2005, Vol 92, Issue 9, p1800
- ISSN
0007-0920
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1038/sj.bjc.6602541