Risk Assessment to Guide the Prevention of Cervical Cancer
Risk Assessment to Guide the Prevention of Cervical Cancer
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DOI:
10.1097/lgt.0b013e31815ea58b
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发表时间:
2008-01-01
影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
Schiffman, Mark
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作者:
Castle, Philip E.;Sideri, Mario;Schiffman, Mark
Advances in screening and diagnosis make it increasingly possible to prevent cervical cancer. However, if misused or poorly understood, these new tools will only increase costs and potentially harm patients without benefit. As a framework for standardized care that maximizes patient safety and well-being, we propose that a risk model be adopted to guide clinical management now and in the future. The model would use thresholds of increasing risk for cervical precancer and treatable cancer to guide clinical decision making for screening intensity, diagnostic evaluation, or treatment. Experts would decide on these risk thresholds and stratum based on the patient risk to benefit, independent of current (e.g., cytology, carcinogenic human papillomavirus testing, and colposcopy) and future methods of measuring risk. A risk management model for cervical cancer prevention, based on appropriate clinical actions that correspond to risk stratum, can result in better allocation of resources to and increased safety for women at the greatest risk and increased well-being for women at the lowest risk.