Multicentric study of cervical cancer screening with human papillomavirus testing and assessment of triage methods in Latin America: the ESTAMPA screening study protocol

Introduction Human papillomavirus (HPV) testing is replacing cytology in primary screening. Its limited specificity demands using a second (triage) test to better identify women at high-risk of cervical disease. Cytology represents the immediate triage but its low sensitivity might hamper HPV testin...

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Main Authors: Nathalie Broutet, Raúl Murillo, Maria Isabel Rodriguez, Maribel Almonte, Gloria Inés Sánchez, Paula González, Annabelle Ferrera, María Alejandra Picconi, Carolina Wiesner, Aurelio Cruz-Valdez, Eduardo Lazcano-Ponce, Jose Jerónimo, Catterina Ferreccio, Elena Kasamatsu, Laura Mendoza, Guillermo Rodríguez, Alejandro Calderón, Gino Venegas, Verónica Villagra, Silvio Tatti, Laura Fleider, Carolina Terán, Armando Baena, María de la Luz Hernández, Mary Luz Rol, Eric Lucas, Sylvaine Barbier, Arianis Tatiana Ramírez, Silvina Arrossi, Emmanuel González, Marcela Celis, Sandra Martínez, Yuly Salgado, Marina Ortega, Andrea Verónica Beracochea, Natalia Pérez, Margarita Rodríguez de la Peña, María Ramón, Pilar Hernández-Nevarez, Margarita Arboleda-Naranjo, Yessy Cabrera, Brenda Salgado, Laura García, Marco Antonio Retana, María Celeste Colucci, Javier Arias-Stella, Yenny Bellido-Fuentes, María Liz Bobadilla, Gladys Olmedo, Ivone Brito-García, Armando Méndez-Herrera, Lucía Cardinal, Betsy Flores, Jhacquelin Peñaranda, Josefina Martínez-Better, Ana Soilán, Jacqueline Figueroa, Benedicta Caserta, Carlos Sosa, Adrián Moreno, Juan Mural, Franco Doimi, Diana Giménez, Hernando Rodríguez, Oscar Lora, Silvana Luciani, Teresa Darragh, Rolando Herrero
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2020-05-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/10/5/e035796.full