Choosing a screening method for cervical cancer: Pap alone or with HPV test

(The JAMA Network Journals) Karen Smith-McCune, M.D., Ph.D., of the University of California, San Francisco, writes: 'The updated guidelines leave physicians and other clinicians with a question: is cotesting with Pap-plus-HPV testing truly preferred over Pap testing alone (the American Cancer Society/the American Society of Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology/the American Society of Clinical Pathology recommendation), or are the options equivalent (the US Preventive Services Task Force recommendation)?'
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