Abstract
The study conclusions, released from prepublication embargo by the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) at 5:00 PM on April 1, 2009, were dramatic. “In a low resource setting, a single round of HPV testing was associated with a significant reduction in the numbers of advanced cancers or deaths from cervical cancer.” Furthermore, the study abstract asserted, “No significant reductions in the numbers of associated deaths were observed in the cytology testing group or in the VIA group, as compared with the control group.”[1]
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