Validation of HPV triage in cytology-based cervical cancer screening for ASC-US cases using Japanese data
In Japan, cervical cancer screening consists of a cytology examination performed once every 2 years. We verified whether the risk of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) 3 disease or higher (CIN3+) was equivalent to that of cytology negative cases (negative for intraepithelial lesion or malignancy [NILM]) for patients with a cytological diagnosis of "atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASC-US)" who tested negative for human papillomavirus (HPV). Data from a total of 22,925 cases who had undergone cervical cancer screening at least twice or who had completed follow-up examinations after cervical screening at a single facility between April 2013 and April 2018 were analyzed. The cumulative incidence of CIN3+ was calculated for each category of initial cytology finding and HPV result (NILM, > ASC-US, ASC-US/HPV (unknown), ASC-US/HPV The hazard ratio for the cumulative incidence of CIN3+ in 2 years relative to that for NILM cases was 2.7 (95% confidence interval=1.0-7.8) for > ASC-US cases, 0.5 (0.1-1.7) for ASC-US/HPV (unknown), 0.8 (0.3-2.4) for ASC-US/HPV Because the cumulative incidence of CIN3+ at 2 years for the ASC-US/HPV
