A FOLLOW-UP STUDY IN A GROUP OF WOMEN WITH ASCUS/ASC-H CYTOLOGY: PREVALENCE OF CARCINOGENIC HPV AND CLINICAL EVOLUTION
Abstract:
Cervical cancer is a public health problem worldwide, in European Union and in Romania.
This observational study aimed to investigate the evolution of clinical status and HPV infectivity in a
cohort of women with ASCUS or ASC-H cytology, monitored in a clinic of gynaecology from Bucharest.
We found more severity of colposcopic and histopathologic lesions in ASC-H women compared to
ASCUS ones at enrolment, but a comparable clinical evolution after two years of follow-up. As regard of
HPV infection, testing had limited availability. In cases of testing available, high prevalence of HPV 16,
51, 32, 52 and 18 in ASCUS group and 16, 31, 18 in ASC-H group was found.
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