Introducing human papillomavirus (HPV) primary testing in the age of HPV vaccination: projected impact on colposcopy services in Wales.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the demand for colposcopy in the Cervical Screening Wales programme after the introduction of human papillomavirus (HPV) cervical screening, which coincided with the start of screening of women vaccinated against HPV types 16/18.

Design

The study used a computational model that assigns screening and screening-related colposcopy events to birth cohorts in individual calendar years.

Setting

Cervical Screening Wales.

Population

Women aged 25-64 years from birth cohorts 1953-2007.

Methods and main outcome measures

We estimated the numbers of colposcopies and high-grade cervical intraepithelial lesions (CIN2+) within Cervical Screening Wales in 2018-32, using official population projections for Wales and published estimates of the effec

SUBMITTER: Pesola F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8246959 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature