title: Cervical cancer screening with HPV testing in the Valcamonica (Italy) screening programme.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We present the results of the first screening round and the first year of the second round of the Valcamonica Human Papillomavirus (HPV) pilot screening project.
  
  
  METHODS
  From 2010 to 2012, the entire target female population (aged 25-64) was invited to the first HPV screening round in an area where Pap test screening had been active since 2002.
  
  
  METHODS
  For HPV-negative women, the interval was three years. For HPV-positive women, a cytological smear was stained and interpreted. Positive cytologies were referred to colposcopy; negatives were referred to repeat HPV after one year. If HPV was persistently positive, women were referred to colposcopy; if negative, to normal screening.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In 2010-12 18728 women were screened, slightly higher participation than with Pap test (18233 64.7%); 1633 were HPV-positive (8.7%); 843 were positive at cytology triage (referral rate at baseline 4.5%). Of those referred at the one year HPV test, 84% complied (660/780); 356 were persistently positive (1.9%). The total referral rate was 6.4% compared with 3.7% for the Pap test. The detection rate was 9.2/1000 compared with 5.0% for the Pap test. The HPV positivity rate during the second round in women previously negative was 3.9% and the detection rate in HPV-positive cytology-positive women was 0.8/1000.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  HPV-based screening increases colposcopies at the first round, but also strongly increases the detection rate. At the second round, HPV prevalence was much lower and the detection rate also fell, corroborating the need for longer screening intervals in HPV-negative women.
authors.affiliation: ASL Vallecamonica-Sebino, Regione Lombardia.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pasquale
authors.affiliation: Servizio Interaziendale di Epidemiologia, AUSL Reggio Emilia IRCCS - Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia paolo.giorgirossi@ausl.re.it.
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Giorgi Rossi
authors.affiliation: S.C. Laboratorio di Prevenzione Oncologica, Istituto per lo Studio e la Prevenzione Oncologica, Firenze.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Carozzi
authors.affiliation: ASL Vallecamonica-Sebino, Regione Lombardia.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pedretti
authors.affiliation: ASL Vallecamonica-Sebino, Regione Lombardia.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ruggeri
authors.affiliation: ASL Vallecamonica-Sebino, Regione Lombardia.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Scalvinoni
authors.affiliation: ASL Vallecamonica-Sebino, Regione Lombardia.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cotti Cottini
authors.affiliation: ASL Vallecamonica-Sebino, Regione Lombardia.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tosini
authors.affiliation: ASL Vallecamonica-Sebino, Regione Lombardia.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Morana
authors.affiliation: ASL Vallecamonica-Sebino, Regione Lombardia.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chiaramonte
authors.affiliation: ASL Vallecamonica-Sebino, Regione Lombardia.
authors.forename: Mf
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sacristani
authors.affiliation: ASL Vallecamonica-Sebino, Regione Lombardia.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cirelli
authors.affiliation: ASL Vallecamonica-Sebino, Regione Lombardia.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chiudinelli
authors.affiliation: ASL Vallecamonica-Sebino, Regione Lombardia.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Piccolomini
authors.affiliation: ASL Vallecamonica-Sebino, Regione Lombardia.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Marchione
authors.affiliation: ASL Vallecamonica-Sebino, Regione Lombardia.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Romano
authors.affiliation: ASL Vallecamonica-Sebino, Regione Lombardia.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Domenighini
authors.affiliation: ASL Vallecamonica-Sebino, Regione Lombardia.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pieracci
authors.affiliation: S.C. Laboratorio di Prevenzione Oncologica, Istituto per lo Studio e la Prevenzione Oncologica, Firenze.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Confortini
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D052685:Alphapapillomavirus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003127:Colposcopy; D055088:Early Detection of Cancer; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D030361:Papillomavirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011247:Pregnancy; D015995:Prevalence; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D002578:Uterine Cervical Dysplasia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology
keywords: Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia (CIN); HPV DNA test; cervical cancer; cytology; human papilloma virus; mass screening