title: Can the test for human papillomavirus DNA be used as the stand-alone, first-line screening test for cervical cancer?
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.|Associate Professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA. E-mail: jinx@ccf.org.
authors.forename: Xian Wien
authors.initials: XW
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.affiliation: Section Head, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.|Assistant Professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
authors.forename: Margaret L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: McKenzie
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Pathology and Department of Immunology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.|Professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
authors.forename: Belinda
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Yen-Lieberman
mesh_terms: D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis*; D055088:Early Detection of Cancer / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D027383:Papillomaviridae / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D030361:Papillomavirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014626:Vaginal Smears
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral