Lquid-based cytologic screening compared with HPV testing to detect cervical cancer

Objective To evaluate the capacity of Thin Prep and HPV in testing of vaginal samples. Methods Women were instructed to collect a vaginal sample for HPV testing, then exfoliative cervical samples and subsequent colposcopic biopsies were taken on all subjects.Cervical samples were collected into a liquid buffer and utilized for both cytologic screening using ThinPrep and HPV testing of residual liquid-based cytologic samples. All the tests were performed in an independent and blinded fashion. Results HSIL(...