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Human papillomavirus testing in cervical cancer screening.
Obstetrics and gynecology clinics of North America - 1 Jun 2013
Castle Philip E, Cremer Miriam
Abstract excerpt
Human papillomavirus (HPV) testing is more reliable and sensitive but less specific than Papanicolaou (Pap) testing/cervical cytology for the detection of cervical precancer and cancer. HPV-negative women are at lower risk of cervical cancer than Pap-negative women. In high-resource settings, HPV testing can be used to make cervical cancer prevention programs more efficient by focusing clinical attention on women...
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