Cervical screening during the COVID-19 pandemic: optimising recovery strategies

A Castanon, M Rebolj, EA Burger… - The Lancet Public …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Disruptions to cancer screening services have been experienced in most settings as a
consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic. Ideally, programmes would resolve backlogs by …

Cervical cancer screening for individuals at average risk: 2020 guideline update from the American Cancer Society

ETH Fontham, AMD Wolf, TR Church… - CA: a cancer journal …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The American Cancer Society (ACS) recommends that individuals with a cervix
initiate cervical cancer screening at age 25 years and undergo primary human …

Impact of cervical screening by human papillomavirus genotype: Population-based estimations

J Wang, KM Elfström, C Lagheden, C Eklund… - Plos …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Background Cervical screening programs use testing for human papillomavirus (HPV)
genotypes. Different HPV types differ greatly in prevalence and oncogenicity. We estimated …

Accuracy of colposcopy-directed biopsy in detecting early cervical neoplasia: a retrospective study

FA Stuebs, CE Schulmeyer, G Mehlhorn… - Archives of gynecology …, 2019 - Springer
Purpose Colposcopy-directed biopsy is a cornerstone method for diagnosing cervical
intraepithelial neoplasia. The aim of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of colposcopy …

Non-speculum sampling approaches for cervical screening in older women: randomised controlled trial

R Landy, T Hollingworth, J Waller, LAV Marlow… - British Journal of …, 2022 - bjgp.org
Background Cervical cancer disproportionately affects women≥ 65 years, especially those
not screened regularly. Speculum use is a key barrier. Aim To assess if offering non …

Early detection and prevention

J Dillner - Molecular oncology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The rapidly increasing incidence and mortality of cancer calls for a focused effort to increase
the effect of cancer‐prevention efforts. In the area of early detection, there are major …

Value of a catch-up HPV test in women aged 65 and above: A Danish population-based nonrandomized intervention study

M Tranberg, LK Petersen, A Hammer, M Elfström… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Background High-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) test is replacing cytology as the primary
cervical cancer screening test due to superior sensitivity, but in most countries women≥ 65 …

Human papilloma virus genotype distribution in women with premalignant or malignant lesions of the uterine cervix

FA Stuebs, P Gass, AK Dietl, CE Schulmeyer… - Archives of gynecology …, 2021 - Springer
Objective Cervical cancer is caused by persistent infection with high-risk human
papillomavirus (hrHPV). Cytology-based national screening programs have reduced the …

Long‐term follow‐up of cervical cancer incidence after normal cytological findings

J Wang, H Edvardsson, B Strander… - … Journal of Cancer, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
An increase in cervical cancer incidence in Sweden from 2014 to 2015 has been attributed
to an increase in false‐negative cytological findings before cancer diagnoses. Years later …

Cervical, vaginal and vulvar cancer incidence and survival trends in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden with implications to treatment

K Hemminki, A Kanerva, A Försti, A Hemminki - BMC cancer, 2022 - Springer
Background Incidence of cervical cancer has been reduced by organized screening while
for vaginal and vulvar cancers no systematic screening has been implemented. All these …