Building the foundations for an organized population-based cervical cancer screening program with primary HPV self-sampling in Catalonia, Spain: findings from a pilot implementation study
While conducted in an opportunistic screening context with a relatively short follow-up time, these findings support HPV self-sampling as an effective primary screening strategy, including women who regularly attend cervical cancer screening, and provide key insights for its scalability within a population-based program, which began its pilot phase in 2024 and is set for full implementation in 2025.
Authors
- Clàudia Robles (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3788-827X)
- Paula Peremiquel‐Trillas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8636-1725)
- Manuel J. Carvajal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9973-9056)
- Josep Alfons Espinàs (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4027-7114)
- Esther Roura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2195-9125)
- Laia Bruni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3943-0326)
- Lara Pijuán (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9978-6933)
- Raquel Ibáñez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3324-8312)
- Francisca Morey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5329-9649)
- Dolça Cortasa
- D. Fernández (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6896-1006)
- Valentina Rangel-Sarmiento
- Rebeca Font
- Lourdes Tamarit
Institutions
- Institut Català d'Ornitologia (ES)
- Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ES)
- Bellvitge University Hospital (ES)
- Institut d'Investigació Biomédica de Bellvitge (ES)
- Institut Català d'Oncologia (ES)
- Institut Català de Retina (ES)
- Catalan Society of Family and Community Medicine (ES)
- Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (Spain) (ES)
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (ES)
- Universitat de Barcelona (ES)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Medicine
- Published
- 2025-08-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2025.1580665
- Primary Topic
- Cervical Cancer and HPV Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00