Prevention of cervical cancer in women with ASCUS in the Brazilian Unified National Health System: cost-effectiveness of the molecular biology method for HPV detection Prevenção de câncer de colo uterino em pacientes com ASCUS no Sistema Único de Saúde: custo-efetividade de método de biologia molecular para HPV

• Main Authors: Rosekeila Simões Nomelini (Author), Patrícia Dias Neto Guimarães (Author), Pamela Aparecida Candido (Author), Ana Cláudia Camargo Campos (Author), Márcia Antoniazi Michelin (Author), Eddie Fernando Candido Murta (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2012-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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This study aimed to assess the performance of PCR as a means of detecting HPV 16/18 compared to the single probe-based PCR for detecting high-risk HPV, and evaluate these methods for detecting cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) in follow-ups for ASCUS testing. It also compares the costs of cyt...