Women's Health Weekly
Welcome to NewsRx!
Learn more about a six-week, no-risk free trial of Women's Health Weekly
We're a pay-per-view site for premium content. If you'd like to purchase this article, it's only $3.00.
Cervical Cancer Screening
Using higher cutoff reduces sensitivity of Hybrid Capture II assay
January 5th, 2006
Using a higher cutoff (higher viral load) reduces the sensitivity of the Hybrid Capture II assay and increases the number of lesions undetected. According to researchers in Spain, "The aim of [our] study was to evaluate whether the results of the Hybrid Capture II (HCII) assay for detecting high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (H-SIL) or cervical carcinoma can be improved by increasing the relative light units (RLU) level." J. Ordi and colleagues explained, "We included 2,271 women (mean age 38.7 ±12.3, range 15-92) referred to a colposcopic clinic due to cytology of atypical cells of unknown significance, SIL or carcinoma. All women...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2006-01-05)
|
