Article
Prevent cervical cancer by screening with reliable human papillomavirus detection and genotyping.
Cancer medicine - 1 Aug 2012
Ge Shichao, Gong Bo, Cai Xushan, Yang Xiaoer, Gan Xiaowei, Tong Xinghai, Li Haichuan, Zhu Meijuan, Yang Fengyun, Zhou Hongrong, Hong Guofan
Abstract excerpt
The incidence of cervical cancer is expected to rise sharply in China. A reliable routine human papillomavirus (HPV) detection and genotyping test to be supplemented by the limited Papanicolaou cytology facilities is urgently needed to help identify the patients with cervical precancer for preven...
Topics
- DNA, Viral
- Early Detection of Cancer
- Female
- Genotype
- Humans
- Papillomaviridae
- Papillomavirus Infections
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Reagent Kits, Diagnostic
- Sensitivity and Specificity
- Uterine Cervical Neoplasms