Projected time to elimination of cervical cancer in the USA: a comparative modelling study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In May, 2018, the Director-General of WHO issued a global call to eliminate cervical cancer as a public health problem, which will involve ambitious screening and vaccination coverage targets. We aimed to assess the potential for, and timing of, cervical cancer elimination in the USA and whether this could be expedited by adopting ambitious coverage targets, using two cervical cancer simulation models.

Methods

In this modelling study, we used two independently-developed cervical cancer microsimulation models-Harvard and Policy1-Cervix-to estimate changes in the incidence of human papillomavirus (HPV)-induced cervical cancer over time in the USA, including herd effects from vaccination. We compared nine alternative scenarios for prophylactic HPV vaccination and cer

SUBMITTER: Burger EA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8715100 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature