Study supports new screening method for cervical cancer
Vari Drennan Professor, Healthcare and policy research at Kingston University and St George’s, University of London
A national roll-out of screening for routine primary high risk human papillomavirus (hrHPV) is under way in England. To support it, a large pilot study of routine testing for hrHPV examined the prevalence and incidence of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN, the pre-cancerous abnormalities) and cancer, comparing it with liquid-based cytology (LBC).
Primary Health Care.
29, 2, 13-13.
doi: 10.7748/phc.29.2.13.s11
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