Open AccessCervical cancer incidence stratified by age in women with HIV compared with the general population in the United States, 2002–2016
Author(s) -
Elizabeth A. Stier,
Eric A. Engels,
Marie-Josèphe Horner,
William T. Robinson,
Baozhen Qiao,
Jennifer Hayes,
Rana Bayakly,
Bridget J. Anderson,
Lou Gonsalves,
Karen Pawlish,
Diego Zavala,
Analise Monterosso,
Meredith S. Shiels
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
aids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.195
H-Index - 216
eISSN - 1473-5571
pISSN - 0269-9370
DOI - 10.1097/qad.0000000000002962
Subject(s) - medicine , cervical cancer , population , incidence (geometry) , cancer , cancer registry , demography , young adult , gynecology , gerontology , environmental health , physics , sociology , optics
Recommendations for the age of initiating screening for cervical cancer in women with HIV (WWH) in the United States have not changed since 1995 when all women (regardless of immune status) were screened for cervical cancer from the age of onset of sexual activity, which often occurs in adolescence. By 2009, recognizing the lack of benefit as well as harms in screening young women, guidelines were revised to initiate cervical cancer screening for the general population at age 21 years. By comparing cervical cancer incidence in young WWH to that of the general population, we assessed the potential for increasing the recommended age of initiating cervical cancer screening in WWH.