Age-specific HPV type distribution in high-grade cervical disease in screened and unvaccinated women.

CONCLUSIONS: Pre-vaccination HPV type distribution in HSIL+ was distinctly polarised by age with HPV16/18 attributed disease being markedly more prevalent in women aged <30. In the older women the other hrHPV types, however, dominated suggesting a need for more age-dependent screening strategies.
PMID: 31176553 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Gynecologic Oncology - June 4, 2019 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Aro K, Nieminen P, Louvanto K, Jakobsson M, Virtanen S, Lehtinen M, Dillner J, Kalliala I Tags: Gynecol Oncol Source Type: research