Performance of Aptima-HPV in the cervical cancer screening program of Portugal: a cost-analysis

• Main Authors: Daniel Figueiredo (Author), Inês Ribeiro (Author), Ana Penedones (Author), Diogo Mendes (Author), Carlos Alves (Author), Francisco Batel-Marques (Author), Daniel Pereira da Silva (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Cervical cancer is a major concern to women's health, being the fourth most common cancer worldwide. A great percentage of these cancer is consequence of an HPV infection, namely from specific genotypes such as 16/18. Portuguese screening program subjects women to a reflex c...