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SUBMITTER: Campos NG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4143081 | biostudies-other | 2014 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Campos Nicole G NG Burger Emily A EA Sy Stephen S Sharma Monisha M Schiffman Mark M Rodriguez Ana Cecilia AC Hildesheim Allan A Herrero Rolando R Kim Jane J JJ
American journal of epidemiology 20140731 5
Mathematical models of cervical cancer have been widely used to evaluate the comparative effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of preventive strategies. Major advances in the understanding of cervical carcinogenesis motivate the creation of a new disease paradigm in such models. To keep pace with the most recent evidence, we updated a previously developed microsimulation model of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and cervical cancer to reflect 1) a shift towards health states based on HPV rath ...[more]