Real-world effectiveness of primary screening with high-risk human papillomavirus testing in the cervical cancer screening programme in China: a nationwide, population-based study

Abstract Background Randomized controlled trials have shown a higher sensitivity and longer negative predictive value of high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) testing than cytology for cervical cancer screening; however, little is known about the effectiveness of HPV testing in middle-income countrie...

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Main Authors: Yanxia Zhao, Heling Bao, Lan Ma, Bo Song, Jiangli Di, Linhong Wang, Yanqiu Gao, Wenhui Ren, Shi Wang, Hai-Jun Wang, Jiuling Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-07-01
Series:BMC Medicine
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-021-02026-0