HPV 2018

The effectiveness of triage algorithms for HPV-based cervical cancer screening programs warrants further research, especially in low- and middle-income countries where prevalence is relatively high and resources relatively scarce. With EPh.D. student Leticia Ibara Torres, for whom I serve as a primary thesis advisor, we are working to assess the performance of three strategies for the triage of hrHPV+ women: (1) liquid-based cytology (LBC), (2) HPV16/18 genotyping and (3) a sequential algorithm of HPV16/18 genotyping and reflex LBC in the FRIDA Study in Ministry of Health in Tlaxcala, Mexico. Currently, we are starting the development of a paper to publish our assessment findings, and have written an abstract to highlight our project goals.