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Table of Contents

List of Tables

Table 1. Technical Characteristics of HPV Testing Methods..............................................21
Table 2. Recommendations of Other Groups about Pap Smear for Cervical Cancer
Screening................................................................................................................22
Table 3. Overall Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria...............................................................36
Table 4. Literature Search Results (1995-2000)..................................................................37
Table 5. Disposition of Articles Identified by Literature Search.........................................38
Table 6. Performance of ThinPrep® in a Prospective Cohort .............................................69
Table 7. Studies with Screening Uses of HPV Testing........................................................70
Table 8. Performance of Screening HPV Testing for Detection of High-grade
Abnormalities.........................................................................................................71
Table 9. Performance of Screening HPV Testing for Detection of Low-grade or More
Severe Abnormalities.............................................................................................72
Table 10. HPV Testing Among Women with Abnormal Pap test Results ............................73
Table 11. HPV Testing as a Triage Tool Among Women with an Abnormal Pap Test for
Detection of HSIL..................................................................................................74

List of Figures

Figure 1. Map of Cervical Cytology Classification Schemes ...............................................19
Figure 2. Screening for Cervical Cancer: Analytic Framework...........................................20

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