1. A Systematic Review of Tests for Postcolposcopy and Posttreatment Surveillance
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Clarke, Megan A, Unger, Elizabeth R, Zuna, Rosemary, Nelson, Erin, Darragh, Teresa M, Cremer, Miriam, Stockdale, Colleen K, Einstein, Mark H, and Wentzensen, Nicolas
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Prevention ,Clinical Research ,Cervical Cancer ,Sexually Transmitted Infections ,Cancer ,Infectious Diseases ,4.2 Evaluation of markers and technologies ,Detection ,screening and diagnosis ,4.4 Population screening ,Good Health and Well Being ,Colposcopy ,Female ,Humans ,Papillomaviridae ,Practice Guidelines as Topic ,Risk Assessment ,Uterine Cervical Neoplasms ,Vaginal Smears ,cervical screening ,management ,colposcopy ,treatment ,HPV ,systematic review ,Clinical Sciences ,Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine - Abstract
ObjectiveFor the 2019 ASCCP Risk-Based Management Consensus Guidelines, we conducted a systematic review of diagnostic assays for postcolposcopy and posttreatment management.Materials and methodsA literature search was conducted to identify articles reporting on tests/assays for cervical cancer screening, triage, postcolposcopy surveillance, and posttreatment surveillance published between 2012 and 2019 in PubMed and Embase. Titles and abstracts were evaluated by co-authors for inclusion. Included articles underwent full-text review, data abstraction, and quality assessment. Pooled absolute pretest and posttest risk estimates were calculated for studies evaluating management of patients after treatment.ResultsA total of 2,862 articles were identified through the search. Of 50 articles on postcolposcopy, 5 were included for data abstraction. Of 66 articles on posttreatment, 23 were included for data abstraction and were summarized in the meta-analysis. The pooled posttreatment risk of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) 2+ in all studies was 4.8% (95% CI = 3.4%-6.8%), ranging from 0.4%-19.5% (τ = 0.57) in individual studies. Among individuals testing negative for human papillomavirus (HPV) posttreatment, the risk of CIN 2+ was 0.69% (95% CI = 0.3%-1.5%); among individuals testing positive for HPV posttreatment, the risk of CIN 2+ was 18.3% (95% CI = 12.1%-26.6%) in all studies. All risk estimates were substantially higher for liquid-based cytology. The HPV-cytology co-testing provided slightly better reassurance compared with HPV alone at the cost of much higher positivity.ConclusionsDespite a large number of published studies on postcolposcopy and posttreatment surveillance, only few met criteria for abstraction and were included in the meta-analysis. More high-quality studies are needed to evaluate assays and approaches that can improve management of patients with abnormal screening.
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- 2020