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Trial reportBritish journal of cancer2018

Randomised study shows that repeated self-sampling and HPV test has more than two-fold higher detection rate of women with CIN2+ histology than Pap smear cytology.

Inger Gustavsson, Riina Aarnio, Malin Berggrund, Julia Hedlund-Lindberg, Ann-Sofi Strand, Karin Sanner, Ingrid Wikström, Stefan Enroth, Matts Olovsson, Ulf Gyllensten

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in British journal of cancer, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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27citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Human papillomavirus-based vs. cytology for cervical cancer screening: a systematic review with meta-analysis.Revista brasileira de ginecologia e obstetricia : revista da Federacao Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetricia · 2026
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  5. Acceptance of Self-Sampling Among Long-Term Cervical Screening Non-Attenders with HPV-Positive Results: Promising Opportunity for Specific Cancer Education.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2021
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  11. Evolving HPV diagnostics: current practice and future frontiers.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Inger GustavssonScience for Life Laboratory (SciLifeLab), Department of Immunology, Genetics, and Pathology, Biomedical Center, Uppsala University, Box 815, Uppsala 75108, Sweden.
Riina AarnioDepartment of Women's and Children's Health, Uppsala University, Uppsala 75185, Sweden.
Malin BerggrundScience for Life Laboratory (SciLifeLab), Department of Immunology, Genetics, and Pathology, Biomedical Center, Uppsala University, Box 815, Uppsala 75108, Sweden.
Julia Hedlund-LindbergScience for Life Laboratory (SciLifeLab), Department of Immunology, Genetics, and Pathology, Biomedical Center, Uppsala University, Box 815, Uppsala 75108, Sweden.
Ann-Sofi StrandScience for Life Laboratory (SciLifeLab), Department of Immunology, Genetics, and Pathology, Biomedical Center, Uppsala University, Box 815, Uppsala 75108, Sweden.
Karin SannerDepartment of Women's and Children's Health, Uppsala University, Uppsala 75185, Sweden.
Ingrid WikströmDepartment of Women's and Children's Health, Uppsala University, Uppsala 75185, Sweden.
Stefan EnrothScience for Life Laboratory (SciLifeLab), Department of Immunology, Genetics, and Pathology, Biomedical Center, Uppsala University, Box 815, Uppsala 75108, Sweden.
Matts OlovssonDepartment of Women's and Children's Health, Uppsala University, Uppsala 75185, Sweden.
Ulf GyllenstenScience for Life Laboratory (SciLifeLab), Department of Immunology, Genetics, and Pathology, Biomedical Center, Uppsala University, Box 815, Uppsala 75108, Sweden.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This corrects the article DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2017.85.

Indexed as

AdultFemaleHuman Papillomavirus DNA TestsHumansMiddle AgedPapanicolaou TestPapillomavirus InfectionsSelf CareSpecimen HandlingSwedenUterine Cervical DysplasiaUterine Cervical NeoplasmsVaginal Smears

Identifiers

PMID29438367
PMCPMC5886121

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