Performance of cervical cytology and HPV testing for primary cervical cancer screening in Latin America: an analysis within the ESTAMPA studyResearch in context

• Main Authors: Arianis Tatiana Ramírez (Author), Joan Valls (Author), Armando Baena (Author), Freddy David Rojas (Author), Katherine Ramírez (Author), Rodrigo Álvarez (Author), Carmen Cristaldo (Author), Odessa Henríquez (Author), Adrián Moreno (Author), Daysi Colque Reynaga (Author), Hans González Palma (Author), Isabel Robinson (Author), Diana Carolina Hernández (Author), Rosa Bardales (Author), Lucia Cardinal (Author), Yuly Salgado (Author), Sandra Martínez (Author), Emmanuel González (Author), Diego Guillén (Author), Laura Fleider (Author), Silvio Tatti (Author), Verónica Villagra (Author), Gino Venegas (Author), Aurelio Cruz-Valdez (Author), Marleny Valencia (Author), Guillermo Rodríguez (Author), Carolina Terán (Author), María Alejandra Picconi (Author), Annabelle Ferrera (Author), Elena Kasamatsu (Author), Laura Mendoza (Author), Alejandro Calderon (Author), Silvana Luciani (Author), Nathalie Broutet (Author), Teresa Darragh (Author), Maribel Almonte (Author), Rolando Herrero (Author), Mary Luz Rol (Author), Eric Lucas (Author), María de la Luz Hernández (Author), Gloria Inés Sánchez (Author), Raul Murillo (Author), Jose Jerónimo (Author), Catterina Ferreccio (Author), María Isabel Rodríguez (Author), Yessy Cabrera (Author), Brenda Salgado (Author), María Celeste Colucci (Author), Maria Agustina Saino (Author), Margarita Rodríguez de la Peña (Author), Daniel Llanos Fernández (Author), Laura García (Author), Benedicta Caserta (Author), Franco Doimi (Author), Eduardo Lazcano-Ponce (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2023-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Background: Cervical cytology remains widely used as the initial tool in cervical cancer screening worldwide. WHO guidelines recommend replacing cytology with primary HPV testing to reach cervical cancer elimination goals. We assessed the performance of cytology and high-risk HPV testing to...