CHANGE IN THE APPROACH TO HPV MANAGEMENT
New global change in cervical cancer screening established by WHO and recommended in the main cervical cancer guidelines for cervical cancer prevention. 1,2
HPV Test
Cytology
What does this mean?
Normalisation of cervical lesions
HPV clearance
How many patients clear HR-HPV at 6 months spontaneously?
29 % 9 %
of patients with HR-HPV clear the infection spontaneously at 6 months 3
of patients with HPV 16+ clear the infection spontaneously at 6 months 3
1. Cervical cancer screening for individualsat average risk: 2020 guideline update from theAmerican CancerSociety- Fontham- 2020 - CA: A CancerJournal for Clinicians- Wiley Online Library 2.9789240014107-eng.pdf (who.int) 3.Bulkmans, N W J et al. “High-risk HPV type-specic clearance rates in cervical screening.” British journal of cancer vol. 96,9 1419-24 (2007).
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