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A study of HPV typing for the management of HPV-positive ASC-US cervical cytologic results.
Gynecologic oncology - 1 Sept 2015
Schiffman Mark, Vaughan Laurence M, Raine-Bennett Tina R, Castle Philip E, Katki Hormuzd A, Gage Julia C, Fetterman Barbara, Befano Brian, Wentzensen Nicolas
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: In US cervical screening, immediate colposcopy is recommended for women with HPV-positive ASC-US (equivocal) cytology. We evaluated whether partial typing by Onclarity™ (BD) might identify HPV-positive women with low enough CIN3+ risk to permit 1-year follow-up instead. METHODS: The NCI-Kaiser Permanente Northern California Persistence and Progression cohort includes a subset of 13,890 women aged 21+...
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