HPV as a primary screening tool in women 25 years and older for risk assessment of cervical cancer

Three-year follow-up data from the ATHENA trial indicate that human papilloma virus (HPV) primary screening with triage to colposcopy based on genotyping and reflex cytology provides a more sensitive cervical screening strategy than cytology and is more efficient than cotesting. The results were presented at the Plenary session, entitled “Innovative and Practice Changing Concepts in Gynecologic Oncology”, of the 45th Annual Meeting on Women’s Cancer, organised by the Society of Gynecologic Oncology (22-25 March, 2014, Tampa, USA). Read more here.