Human papillomavirus testing and the management of women with mildly abnormal cervical smears: an observational study.

What it found

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The trial behind it

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Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

1. Human papillomavirus testing versus repeat cytology for triage of minor cytological cervical lesions.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2013
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2. Triage of women with equivocal or low-grade cervical cytology results: a meta-analysis of the HPV test positivity rate.Journal of cellular and molecular medicine · 2009
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3. Performance of HPV genotyping andFrontiers in medicine · 2025
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4. Prevention of Cervical Cancer: Guideline of the DGGG and the DKG (S3 Level, AWMF Register Number 015/027OL, December 2017) - Part 2 on Triage, Treatment and Follow-up.Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde · 2019
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5. HPV testing as a triage for borderline or mild dyskaryosis on cervical cytology: results from the Sentinel Sites study.British journal of cancer · 2011
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6. Use of HC2 to triage women with borderline and mild dyskaryosis in the UK.British journal of cancer · 2011
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7. Evaluation of adjunctive HPV testing by Hybrid Capture II in women with minor cytological abnormalities for the diagnosis of CIN2/3 and cost comparison with colposcopy.BMC infectious diseases · 2003
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8. Human papillomavirus testing. Authors' comments.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2001
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9. HPV testing for clarifying borderline cervical smear results.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2001
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Corrections and comments

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  HPV testing for clarifying borderline cervical smear results.2001
• Commented on by
  Human papillomavirus testing. Authors' comments.2001
• Commented on by
  Human papillomavirus testing. Effectiveness of testing for high risk HPV for triage of low grade abnormal smears is being assessed in TOMBOLA trial.2001

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Funding

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Abstract

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