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. 2014 Nov 11;13(1):95–107. doi: 10.1007/s40258-014-0135-4

Table 4.

Expected annual number of cervical screening examinations and colposcopies required for detecting ≥CIN 3 in the base case and 1-year follow-up scenario

Strategy Number of screening examinationsa,b No. of colposcopies per ≥CIN 3 detected
Routine Triage Retest Colposcopies
Base case
 Cytology (reflex HPV test for ASC-US) 30,364 1,282 0 2,104 4.76
 HPV with genotyping (reflex cytology [ASC-US]) 23,065 6,372 1,024 2,159 3.06
 HPV HR only (with reflex to cytology [ASC-US]) 22,872 8,405 6,557 2,339 3.95
 Co-testing (with cytology and HPV testing) 22,848 0 6,686 2,967 4.79
1-year follow-up scenario
 Cytology (reflex HPV test for ASC-US) 30,294 1,282 0 2,104 4.76
 HPV with genotyping (reflex cytology [ASC-US]) 23,201 6,265 1,021 2,130 2.73
 HPV HR only (with reflex to cytology [ASC-US]) 23,201 8,079 6,332 2,249 2.89
 Co-testing (with cytology and HPV testing) 23,161 0 6,479 2,915 3.67

ASC-US atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance, CIN cervical intraepithelial neoplasia, HPV human papillomavirus, HPV HR human papillomavirus, high-risk

aPer 100,000 women and annualized over a 40-year time horizon

bTriage tests included HPV test for Cytology and cytology for both HPV with genotyping and HPV HR only