A study of HPV typing for the management of HPV-positive ASC-US cervical cytologic results
Host: Thomas C. Wright, Jr., MD
A study of HPV typing for the management of HPV-positive ASC-US cervical cytologic results. Schiffman M, Vaughan LM, Raine-Bennett TR, Castle PE, Katki HA, Gage JC, Fetterman B, Befano B, Wentzensen N.
Gynecol Oncol. 2015 Sep;138(3):573-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2015.06.040. Epub 2015 Jul 4.
AbstractBACKGROUND:
In US cervical screening, immediate colposcopy is recommended for women with HPV-positive ASC-US(equivocal) cytology. We evaluated whether partial typing by Onclarity™ (BD) might identify HPV-positive women with low enough CIN3+ risk to permit 1-year follow-up instead.
METHODS:
The NCI-Kaiser Permanente Northern California Persistence and Progression cohort includes a subset of 13,890 women aged 21+ with HC2 (Qiagen)-positive ASC-US at enrollment; current median ...