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ReviewInternational journal of gynecological cancer : official journal of the International Gynecological Cancer Society2023

Quality assurance in human papillomavirus testing for primary cervical screening.

Kate Cuschieri, María Dolores Fellner, Laila Sara Arroyo Mühr, Elizaveta Padalko, Rita Mariel Correa, Joakim Dillner, Murat Gultekin, Maria Alejandra Picconi

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Review in International journal of gynecological cancer : official journal of the International Gynecological Cancer Society, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

16 citing papers in PubMed.

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  7. Comparative Oncologic Outcomes in High-Risk Human Papillomavirus-Positive and -Negative Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2025
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  11. Evaluation ofDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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  13. Human papillomavirus negative high grade cervical lesions and cancers: Suggested guidance for HPV testing quality assurance.Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology · 2024
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  15. A human papillomavirus whole genome plasmid repository: A resource for HPV DNA quality control reagents.Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Kate CuschieriScottish HPV Reference Laboratory, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
María Dolores FellnerArgentinian HPV Reference Laboratory, National Institute of Infectious Diseases-ANLIS "Dr Malbran", Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Laila Sara Arroyo MührInternational HPV Reference Center, Medical Diagnostics Karolinska, Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset, Stockholm, Sweden sara.arroyo.muhr@ki.se.ORCID 0000-0003-2498-5206
Elizaveta PadalkoBelgian HPV Reference Laboratory, University Hospital Ghent, Ghent, Belgium.
Rita Mariel CorreaArgentinian HPV Reference Laboratory, National Institute of Infectious Diseases-ANLIS "Dr Malbran", Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Joakim DillnerInternational HPV Reference Center, Medical Diagnostics Karolinska, Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset, Stockholm, Sweden.
Murat GultekinTurkish HPV Reference Laboratory, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0002-4221-4459
Maria Alejandra PicconiArgentinian HPV Reference Laboratory, National Institute of Infectious Diseases-ANLIS "Dr Malbran", Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Funding

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation INV-021790
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The recommendation for cervical screening is that it should be based on human papillomavirus (HPV) molecular testing. For all screening programs, attention to quality assurance is required to fully realize the benefits. Internationally recognized quality assurance recommendations for HPV-based screening are needed that are ideally applicable for a variety of settings, including in low- and middle-income countries. We summarize the main points of quality assurance for HPV screening, with a focus on the selection, implementation, and use of an HPV screening test, quality assurance systems (including internal quality control and external quality assessment), and staff competence. While we recognize that it might not be possible to fulfill all points in all settings, an awareness of the issues is essential.

Indexed as

Papillomavirus InfectionsUterine Cervical NeoplasmsCervix UteriEarly Detection of CancerFemaleHuman Papillomavirus VirusesHumansMass ScreeningPapillomaviridaeVaginal SmearsCervical CancerCervix Uteri

Identifiers

PMID36914171
PMCPMC10176393

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