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    Disease detection and resource use in the safety and control arms of the HPV FOCAL cervical cancer screening trial

    The HPV FOCAL Trial is a RCT comparing human papilloma virus (HPV) with Liquid Based Cytology (LBC) screening for cervical cancer. Results are presented for the comparison of the Safety and Control arms after ...

    Andrew J Coldman, Lovedeep Gondara, Laurie W Smith in British Journal of Cancer (2016)

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    Comparison of the Roche cobas® 4800 and Digene Hybrid Capture® 2 HPV tests for primary cervical cancer screening in the HPV FOCAL trial

    HPV FOCAL is a randomized trial (ISRCTN79347302, registered 20 Apr 2007) comparing high-risk (hr) HPV testing vs. liquid-based cytology (LBC) for cervical cancer screening of women aged 25–65. We compared the ...

    Darrel A. Cook, Wendy Mei, Laurie W. Smith, Dirk J. van Niekerk in BMC Cancer (2015)

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    Self-collected versus clinician-collected sampling for sexually transmitted infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol

    Three meta-analyses and one systematic review have been conducted on the question of whether self-collected specimens are as accurate as clinician-collected specimens for STI screening. However, these reviews ...

    Darlene Taylor, Carole Lunny, Tom Wong, Mark Gilbert, Neville Li in Systematic Reviews (2013)

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    A randomized controlled trial of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) testing for cervicalcancer screening: trial design and preliminary results (HPV FOCAL Trial)

    In the HPV FOCAL trial, we will establish the efficacy of hr-HPV DNA testing as a stand-alone screening test followed by liquid based cytology (LBC) triage of hr-HPV-positive women compared to LBC followed by ...

    Gina S Ogilvie, Dirk J van Niekerk, Mel Krajden, Ruth E Martin in BMC Cancer (2010)