Budget impact analysis of cervical cancer screening in Portugal: comparison of cytology and primary HPV screening strategies

• Main Authors: Angela Pista (Author), Carlos Costa (Author), Conceição Saldanha (Author), José Alberto Fonseca Moutinho (Author), José Maria Moutinho (Author), Fernando Arrobas (Author), Carlos Catalão (Author), Jari Kempers (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Primary Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) testing is the currently recommended cervical cancer (CxCa) screening strategy by the Portuguese Society of Gynecology (SPG) clinical consensus. However, primary HPV testing has not yet been adopted by the Portuguese organized screening program...