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SUBMITTER: Giorgi Rossi P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5377832 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Giorgi Rossi Paolo P Bisanzi Simonetta S Allia Elena E Mongia Alessandra A Carozzi Francesca F Gillio-Tos Anna A De Marco Laura L Ronco Guglielmo G Gustinucci Daniela D Del Mistro Annarosa A Frayle Helena H Iossa Anna A Fantacci Giulia G Pompeo Giampaolo G Cesarini Elena E Bulletti Simonetta S Passamonti Basilio B Rizzi Martina M Penon Maria Gabriella MG Barca Alessandra A Benevolo Maria M
Journal of clinical microbiology 20170118 4
Cervical cancer screening by human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA testing with cytology triage is more effective than cytology testing. Compared to cytology, the HPV DNA test's higher sensitivity, which allows better protection with longer intervals, makes it necessary to triage the women with a positive result to compensate its lower specificity. We are conducting a large randomized clinical trial (New Technologies for Cervical Cancer 2 [NTCC2]) within organized population-based screening programs in ...[more]