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HPV testing in cervical screening.
Best practice & research. Clinical obstetrics & gynaecology - 1 Apr 2006
Brink Antoinette A T P, Snijders Peter J F, Meijer Chris J L M, Berkhof Johannes, Verheijen René H M
Abstract excerpt
High-risk human papillomavirus (hrHPV) bearing cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) is considered, as the real precursor lesion of cervical cancer and persistence of an hrHPV infection is necessary for the progression to cervical cancer. This knowledge warrants the use of hrHPV testing as an adjunct to cervical cytology in population-based screening programmes and for monitoring therapy efficacy of high-grade...
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