https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2016.5849

Cervical cancer screening based on human papilloma virus-DNA testing: a scientific heritage to microbiologists or to pathologists? An on-going dilemma

Vol. 31 No. 1 (2016)
Submitted: 26 February 2016
Accepted: 26 February 2016
Published: 31 March 2016
Papilloma virus, Pap test, cervical cancer screening
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Simona Venturoli
simona.venturoli@unibo.it
Microbiology and Virology Unit, Bologna University Hospital, Sant’Orsola-Malpighi Policlinic, Bologna, Italy.
Vittorio Sambri
Microbiology Unit, Romagna Local Health Unit, Pievesestina; DIMES, University of Bologna, Italy.
Among the 28 current Members of the European Union, approximately 34,000 new cases of cervical cancer occur annually, with 13,000 related deaths. In Italy, about 2900 cases of cervical cancer are diagnosed annually (crude incidence rate/100,000/year=9.4). As a direct consequence, about 1016 deaths related to cervical cancer are reported annually in Italy (crude mortality rate/100,000/year=3.3). Cervical cancer stands in the 15th rank among female cancers and is currently the 3rd most common cancer in women aged 15-44 years in Italy. [..]

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Venturoli, S., & Sambri, V. (2016). Cervical cancer screening based on human papilloma virus-DNA testing: a scientific heritage to microbiologists or to pathologists? An on-going dilemma. Microbiologia Medica, 31(1). https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2016.5849

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