© 2001 by Oxford University Press
Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 93, No. 4, 259-260,
February 21, 2001
© 2001 Oxford University Press
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Study Results Help Define HPVs Role as Diagnostic Tool
The link between human papillomavirus and cervical cancer is well established; HPV is present is almost every single case. The next step in understanding the disease will be to determine how this critical fact fits into screening and diagnosis.
Baseline results from a randomized clinical trial give the first glimpse at an answer for women with an equivocal cervical cytologic diagnosis (see article, p. 293). The studys authors concluded that testing for the presence of HPV in