cervical cancer screening strategy in some countries due to its superior sensitivity over
cytology-based methods for identifying cervical intraepithelial neoplasia of grade 2 or worse
(CIN2+). Improved sensitivity has been accompanied by reductions in specificity and
concerns regarding overscreening and overtreatment of women with transient or
nonprogressing HR-HPV infections. Triage of HR-HPV+ women to colposcopy is, thus …