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The Role of Human Papillomavirus Genotyping in Cervical Cancer Screening: A Large-Scale Evaluation of the cobas HPV Test
18 Jun 2015
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BACKGROUND: The cobas HPV Test ("cobas"; Roche Molecular Systems) detects HPV16 and HPV18 individually, and a pool of 12 other high-risk (HR) HPV types. The test is approved for (i) atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASC-US) triage to determine need for colposcopy, (ii) combined screening with cytology ("cotesting"), and (iii) primary HPV screening. METHODS: To assess the possible value of...
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