title: High-risk human papillomavirus DNA testing and high-grade cervical intraepithelial lesions.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the role of high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA testing in the improvement of the recognition of cervical cancer and precancerous lesions in women with abnormal cervical cytology.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 2152 women with abnormal cervical cytology were submitted to both HPV DNA testing and biopsy guided by colposcopy and the results were correlated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Positive rate of high-risk HPV DNA in groups of atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASC-US), atypical squamous cells, cannot exclude high-grade (ASC-H), low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions and high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions was 53.7, 53.2, 84.6 and 93.0%, respectively. In each group, the detection rate of grade 2,3 cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN 2,3) or cervical cancer in patients with positive HPV DNA was significantly higher than that with negative HPV DNA (P<0.05). In ASC-US group, the negative predictive value of high-risk HPV DNA testing for detection of CIN 2,3 and cervical cancer was 99.8% and the sensitivity 98%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  HPV DNA testing is a useful indicator in the management of patients with ASC-US and plays an important role in the evaluation of risk for CIN 2,3 and cervical cancer.
authors.affiliation: Gynaecology and Obstetrics Department, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Ke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: You
authors.forename: Xueai
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: Fengjin
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Qin
authors.forename: Yanli
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Geng
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D052685:Alphapapillomavirus / Q000235:genetics*; D001706:Biopsy; D002681:China; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D030361:Papillomavirus Infections / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology*; D002578:Uterine Cervical Dysplasia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology*
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral