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Understanding the proportion of cervical cancers attributable to HPV
Author(s) -
Brotherton Julia ML,
Budd Alison C,
Saville Marion
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/mja2.50477
Subject(s) - citation , library science , sociology , medicine , computer science
The rate of HPV positivity in any given set of cervical cancers is dependent on the sensitivity of the methods used to detect HPV, the proportion of different histological types of cervical cancer, the age of the women diagnosed with cancer, and the adequacy and quality of the specimens. A 2017 study reported findings specific to Australia suggesting that HPV could be detected in 92.9% of cervical cancers tested.2