Triage of low‐grade squamous intraepithelial lesions using human papillomavirus messenger ribonucleic acid tests—A prospective population‐based register study

Autor: Kristian Reinholdt, Christian Munk, Kirsten E. Juul, Susanne K. Kjaer, Louise T. Thomsen, Christian Dehlendorff
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica. 99:204-212
ISSN: 1600-0412
0001-6349
DOI: 10.1111/aogs.13741
Popis: INTRODUCTION The optimal clinical management of women diagnosed with low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (LSIL) during cervical cancer screening remains unclear. In this prospective cohort study, we compared the clinical performance of two human papillomavirus (HPV) mRNA tests for triage of women with LSIL in Denmark. MATERIAL AND METHODS In a nationwide pathology register, we identified women aged 23-65 years with LSIL during 2008-2012. We included women tested for HPV mRNA with the PreTect HPV Proofer test for five high-risk HPV types (n = 2176) or the Aptima assay for 14 high-risk HPV types (n = 426). Subsequent histological diagnoses of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grades 2, 3 or cancer (CIN2+) were identified in the register. We calculated the sensitivity and specificity for CIN2+ at 18 and 36 months of follow up, and the cumulative incidence of CIN2+ among women testing positive and negative, overall and by age (23-29, 30-39, 40-65 years). RESULTS The proportion of women with a positive mRNA test at baseline was higher in women tested with Aptima (66.7%) than in women tested with Proofer (42.8%). After 18 months, Aptima had higher sensitivity for CIN2+ than Proofer (98% [95% CI 94% to 100%] vs 85% [95% CI 82% to 88%]), whereas Proofer showed higher specificity than Aptima (67% [95% CI 64% to 70%]) vs (40% [95% CI 33% to 46%]). Aptima had particularly low specificity in women aged
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