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HPV tests and cervical cancer screening? Volume 16, issue 3, Mars 2020

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Société Française de Documentation et de Recherche en Médecine Générale
* Correspondance

The practice of cervical cancer screening (CCU) is currently based, according to the recommendations, on performing a cytology (cervical smear – FCU) every three years in asymptomatic women aged 25 to 65 years but all studies confirm the inadequacy of this screening and its heterogeneity according to the populations. New tools are offered for screening, including HPV research. What are their performances compared to the classic FCU technique with cytological analysis?