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Cervical Cancer
HPV DNA testing is effective to triage women with minor cervical lesions
March 9th, 2006
Human papilloma virus DNA testing is effective to triage women with minor cervical lesions. According to a report published in Gynecologic Oncology, "Human papilloma virus (HPV) testing and repeat cytology are both proposed as methods to triage women with minor cytological cervical lesions. By triage, those women can be identified who need referral for diagnostic exploration with colposcopy and/or biopsy." M. Arbyn and colleagues from the Scientific Institute of Public Health in Brussels wrote, "We conducted meta-analyses of reported studies on the accuracy to detect high-grade cervical intra-epithelial neoplasia or worse disease (CIN2+) in...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2006-03-09)
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