False positive cervical HPV screening test results

In cervical cancer screening, HPV testing is best at reassuring women when they are negative, but proper management of HPV positives is still evolving. Most HPV infections are benign, and over-reacting clinically to HPV positivity can cause psychological and possible iatrogenic physical (e.g., obste...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mark Schiffman, Silvia de Sanjose
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-06-01
Series:Papillomavirus Research
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405852118301423