Abstract:
Objective To evaluate the predictive value of cytology and high risk human papillomavirus (hrHPV) genotyping for cervical precancer among women with normal status or low grade lesions identified by colposcopy examination.
Methods This study was based on a cervical cancer screening cohort in 1999 in Shanxi province. The analysis included 596 women with normal status or low grade lesions detected via colposcopy in 2005. These women were followed up in 2010 and 2014, and the immediate, 5-year, 9-year risks, the RR (relative risk) of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 2 or worse (CIN2+) stratified by cytology and hrHPV results were estimated.
Results The immediate, 5-year, 9-year cumulative risks of CIN2+, were 0.2%, 2.8%, 4.2% among women with less than lowgrade squamous intraepithelial lesion (LSIL) cytology results; 14.7% (RR=73.8, 95% CI:9.7-561.5), 40.0% (RR=16.0, 95% CI:8.2-31.1), 51.4% (RR=15.0, 95%CI:8.3-27.0) among women with LSIL or worse; 0.6%, 2.7%, 3.8% (which were relatively low) among women with negative hrHPV results; and 13.2% (RR=23.4, 95%CI:5.1-106.9), 36.9% (RR=15.4, 95%CI:6.9-34.3), 42.6% (RR=14.1, 95%CI:6.8-29.2) among women with HPV16/18 positive results, which were relatively high.
Conclusions Although the colposcopy results were normal or LSIL, the CIN2+ risk was quite high for those with cytological LSIL results or worse, or with a HPV16/18 positive result, indicating that cytology and HPV16/18 genotyping could be used to triage these women.