Cervical screening

Cervical screening has no effect on identification of cervical squamous-cell intraepithelial lesions in humans (Low-intensity screening was non-inferior to high-intensity screening).

“The low-intensity cervical screening was non-inferior to the high-intensity screening in the identification of these lesions.”

Human trialWomen previously vaccinated against HPV types 16/18; lesions associated with non-vaccine HPV typeslow-intensity versus high-intensity screeningcervix16-year follow-upfemalesn = 5,626

Controlled Trial of Cervical Cancer Screening Frequency Among Human Papillomavirus Vaccinated Women II: Cervical Pre-Cancer End-Points by Specific Non-Vaccine HPV Types

International journal of cancer·15 Oct 2026