Cervical cancer screening strategies in women 65 years and older in the human papillomavirus era: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of human papillomavirus–based testing and self‐sampling approaches
The evidence supports recalibrating cervical cancer screening beyond age 65 years using risk-informed HPV-based strategies. Targeted catch-up testing and well-designed self-sampling pathways may improve coverage and detection of clinically relevant disease in select older populations.
Authors
- Ebru Zülfikaroğlu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2279-1822)
Institutions
- Women’s Health Care (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
- Published
- 2026-03-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ijgo.70962
- Primary Topic
- Cervical Cancer and HPV Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00