Comparative effectiveness study on human papillomavirus detection methods used in the cervical cancer screening programme.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To compare the short-term and long-term effectiveness of human papillomavirus (HPV) tests in Norwegian Cervical Cancer Screening Programme (NCCSP).

Design

Nationwide register-based prospective follow-up study.

Setting

In 2005, the NCCSP implemented HPV testing in follow-up of unsatisfactory, atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASC-US) and low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (LSIL) cytology.

Participants

19 065 women with repeat cytology and HPV test after unsatisfactory ASC-US or LSIL screening result in 2005-2009.

Interventions

Through individual registry linkages we observed how women were treated in the regular medical care.

Main outcome measures

We estimated cumulative incidence of cervical intraepithelial ne

SUBMITTER: Nygard M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3902315 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature