title: Risk assessment and clinical impact of liquid-based cytology, oncogenic human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA and mRNA testing in primary cervical cancer screening (the FASE study).
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  New commercial HPV RNA assays require further validation studies in population-based cervical cancer screening settings. To assess the performance of (FDA-approved) APTIMA® HPV Assay (AHPV), Hybrid Capture 2 (HC2), in-house PCR genotyping, and ThinPrep LBC in population-based screening, stratified by three histological gold standards.
  
  
  METHODS
  A multi-center trial in 5006 women undergoing routine screening in France was designed to compare the absolute and relative risks of diagnosing CIN3+ and CIN2+ lesions by different diagnostic tests.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Reproducibility between the primary and second pathology reading was excellent for CIN3+ and CIN2+ endpoints (Cohen's kappa 0.948 and 0.854). Absolute risks (PPV) of different tests (AHPV, HC2, PCR genotyping, LBC) in diagnosing CIN2+ (15-20%) and CIN3+ (4-6%) were similar for the first, second, and consensus pathology readings. The relative risks of diagnosing these lesions by the four tests were also similar when the first, second or third pathology readings were employed. AHPV had the highest absolute risk of both histological endpoints, and detects 5% to 15% more CIN3+ and CIN2+ lesions, respectively, than LBC. Compared with HC2 assay, the relative risk of AHPV is 24% to 29% higher, with a significant difference in CIN2+ detection. With LBC as reference, AHPV had the best sensitivity/specificity balance measured by AUC (area under ROC curve) comparison test (significant for CIN2+), and the colposcopy referral rate (9.2%) comparable to that of LBC (8.7%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These data corroborate the suitability of AHPV for the primary cervical cancer screening.
authors.affiliation: Institut of the Cervix, Paris, France. jmonsonego@wanadoo.fr
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Monsonego
authors.forename: Michael G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Hudgens
authors.forename: Laurent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zerat
authors.forename: Jean-Claude
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Zerat
authors.forename: Kari
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Syrjänen
authors.forename: Jennifer S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D052685:Alphapapillomavirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003127:Colposcopy; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003581:Cytodiagnosis / Q000379:methods*; D015344:DNA Probes, HPV; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D055088:Early Detection of Cancer / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D060005:Genotyping Techniques; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D025202:Molecular Diagnostic Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D030361:Papillomavirus Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology
chemical_list: D015344:DNA Probes, HPV; D004279:DNA, Viral; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D012367:RNA, Viral