Screening is the main strategy for secondary prevention of uterine cervical cancer.
Cytological screening, Pap test, has led to a significant reduction in the incidence of and …

Since the introduction of the Papanicolaou (Pap) smear system in 1943, cervicovaginal
cytology has been used as a standard screening test for cervical cancer. The dissemination …

Background The decrease in incidence of cervical dysplasia and carcinoma has not been as
dramatic as expected with the development of improved research tools and test methods …

Cervical cancer is the 11th leading cause of death from cancer for females in Japan. In
2005, there were 2486 deaths from cervical cancer, accounting for 1.8% of the total number …

We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate the accuracy of screening
cervical cancer tests as alternative standalone methods. The combined estimates of …

The incidence rate of cervical cancer in Korea is still higher than in other developed
countries, notwithstanding the national mass-screening program. Furthermore, a new …

OBJECTIVE The false negative rate of conventional cytology is reported to range from 18 to
45%. It is necessary to develop more effective screening strategies that would ideally be …

OBJECTIVE Since the accuracy of Pap smear for cervical neoplasm has been questioned, a
number of adjunctive tests have been developed. The purpose of this study was to evaluate …

In cervical cancer screening, several trials have shown that human papillomavirus (HPV)
testing or combined HPV testing and cytology leads to earlier detection of cervical …

Objective This study compared the screening capacities and cost-effectiveness of the human
papillomavirus (HPV) test versus cervicography as an adjunctive test to Papanicolaou (Pap) …