A Case for Offering HPV Self-Sampling to Well-Screened Women. Comment on Lesack et al. Willingness to Self-Collect a Sample for HPV-Based Cervical Cancer Screening in a Well-Screened Cohort: HPV FOCAL Survey Results.

Roni Kraut, Donna Manca, Aisha Lofters, Oksana Babenko

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Article in Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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4 · The record

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Willingness to Self-Collect a Sample for HPV-Based Cervical Cancer Screening in a Well-Screened Cohort: HPV FOCAL Survey Results.2022

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Roni KrautDepartment of Family Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2T4, Canada.

Donna MancaDepartment of Family Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2T4, Canada.

Aisha LoftersDepartment of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5G 1V7, Canada.

Oksana BabenkoDepartment of Family Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2T4, Canada.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lesack et al. recently published a cross-sectional study that focused on human papillomavirus (HPV) self-sampling in the screened population, a population not conventionally thought of for HPV self-sampling. They found 52% of well-screened, highly educated women who participated in the Human Papillomavirus For Cervical Cancer (HPV FOCAL) screening trial in British Columbia, Canada, would be willing to self-collect an HPV sample. We published a similar study in 2021 on well-screened, highly educated women affiliated with a family medicine clinic in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, and found that 60% of these women preferred to have the option of HPV self-sampling. Our findings reinforce Lesack et al.'s results and together provide evidence for offering HPV self-sampling as an option for the well-screened population.

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AlphapapillomavirusPapillomavirus InfectionsUterine Cervical NeoplasmsAlbertaCross-Sectional StudiesEarly Detection of CancerFemaleHumansPapillomaviridaeSelf CareVaginal Smearsattitudes and acceptance toward HPV self-samplingHPVHPV self-samplingHPV testing for cervix screeninghuman papillomavirus

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PMID36005163

DOI10.3390/curroncol29080425

PMCPMC9406424

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