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Cost-Effectiveness in ALTS
Findings from the atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASCUS) and low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (LSIL) triage study (ALTS) suggest that for women diagnosed with ASCUS, human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA testing, which refers about half of women to colposcopy, is as effective at detecting cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) 3 or cervical cancer as immediate colposcopy for all women. To investigate whether HPV DNA testing is a cost-effective alternative to immediate colposcopy or conservative management with up to three Pap smears, Kulasingam et al. (p. 92) analyzed data from the ALTS
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