Persistent HPV infection and cervical cancer risk: is the scientific rationale for changing the screening paradigm enough?

What it found

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Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

1. Prevalence of cervical cancer and its associated factors among women living with HIV attending public referral hospitals in Amhara Region, Ethiopia, 2025, a cross-sectional study.BMC infectious diseases · 2026
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2. Out-reach Colposcopy Clinics and HPV Self-Sampling Decreases Loss to Follow up in a Community based Cervical Cancer Screening Programme.Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP · 2024
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3. Knowledge about cervical cancer screening and its practice among female health care workers in southern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study.International journal of women's health · 2017
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4. Acceptability of self-collection sampling for HPV-DNA testing in low-resource settings: a mixed methods approach.BMC public health · 2014
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5. Associations between methylation of paternally expressed gene 3 (PEG3), cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and invasive cervical cancer.PloS one · 2013
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6. Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Cervical Cancer Screening among Female Teachers in an urban community in Lagos, Nigeria.Nigerian medical journal : journal of the Nigeria Medical Association
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Corrections and comments

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  Long-term absolute risk of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 3 or worse following human papillomavirus infection: role of persistence.2010

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