Cervical cancer screening programs in Europe: the transition towards HPV vaccination and population-based HPV testing

AC Chrysostomou, DC Stylianou, A Constantinidou… - Viruses, 2018 - mdpi.com
Cervical cancer is the fourth most frequently occurring cancer in women around the world
and can affect them during their reproductive years. Since the development of the …

Evidence regarding human papillomavirus testing in secondary prevention of cervical cancer

M Arbyn, G Ronco, A Anttila, CJLM Meijer, M Poljak… - Vaccine, 2012 - Elsevier
More than ever, clinicians need regularly updated reviews given the continuously increasing
amount of new information regarding innovative cervical cancer prevention methods. A …

Human papillomavirus types in 115,789 HPV‐positive women: a meta‐analysis from cervical infection to cancer

P Guan, R Howell‐Jones, N Li, L Bruni… - … journal of cancer, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Genotyping may improve risk stratification of high‐risk (HR) human papillomavirus (HPV)‐
positive women in cervical screening programs; however, prospective data comparing the …

Screening for cervical cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement

VA Moyer… - Annals of internal …, 2012 - acpjournals.org
This article has been corrected. The original version (PDF) is appended to this article as a
supplement. Description: Update of the 2003 US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) …

Addressing overdiagnosis and overtreatment in cancer: a prescription for change

LJ Esserman, IM Thompson, B Reid, P Nelson… - The lancet …, 2014 - thelancet.com
A vast range of disorders—from indolent to fast-growing lesions—are labelled as cancer.
Therefore, we believe that several changes should be made to the approach to cancer …

Human papillomavirus testing in the prevention of cervical cancer

M Schiffman, N Wentzensen… - Journal of the …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Strong evidence now supports the adoption of cervical cancer prevention strategies that
explicitly focus on persistent infection with the causal agent, human papillomavirus (HPV) …

Cytology versus HPV testing for cervical cancer screening in the general population

G Koliopoulos, VN Nyaga, N Santesso… - Cochrane database …, 2017 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Cervical cancer screening has traditionally been based on cervical cytology.
Given the aetiological relationship between human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and …

Performance of carcinogenic human papillomavirus (HPV) testing and HPV16 or HPV18 genotyping for cervical cancer screening of women aged 25 years and older …

PE Castle, MH Stoler, TC Wright, A Sharma… - The lancet …, 2011 - thelancet.com
Background The ATHENA study was designed to assess the performance of carcinogenic
human papillomavirus (HPV) testing and HPV16 or HPV18 genotyping compared with liquid …

The known unknowns of HPV natural history

PE Gravitt - The Journal of clinical investigation, 2011 - Am Soc Clin Investig
The discovery that certain high-risk strains of human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) cause nearly
100% of invasive cervical cancer has spurred a revolution in cervical cancer prevention by …

[HTML][HTML] European guidelines for quality assurance in cervical cancer screening. Summary of the supplements on HPV screening and vaccination

L von Karsa, M Arbyn, H De Vuyst, J Dillner… - Papillomavirus …, 2015 - Elsevier
In a project coordinated by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) 31
experts from 11 European countries and IARC have developed supplements to the current …