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. 2017 Oct 6;7(10):e014626. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014626

Table 1.

Strategies compared

Strategy IR+ improved follow-up Primary test Confirmation test after positive primary test
Current No Pap test/3 years Pap test or HPV
Pap/Pap Yes Pap test/3 years Pap test
Pap/p16Ki67 Yes Pap test/3 years p16/Ki67
HPV/Pap-5y* Yes HPV/5 years Pap test
HPV/Pap-3y* Yes HPV/3 years Pap test
HPV/Pap-10y* Yes HPV/10 years Pap test
HPV/p16Ki67-5y* Yes HPV/5 years p16/Ki67
HPV/p16Ki67-10y* Yes HPV/10 years p16/Ki67
p16Ki67/p16Ki67 Yes HPV/3 years p16/Ki67

*Women aged 25–35 are not eligible for HPV screening and receive a Pap test every 3 years instead. Women who tested HPV+/confirmation− go through double testing (HPV+Pap) the following year.

HPV, human papillomavirus; IndScr, individual screening; IR, invitation+recall for woman who did not participate in IndScr in the last 3 years (non-participant); OS, organised screening; Pap, Papanicolaou.