Diagnostic accuracy of high-risk HPV DNA genotyping for primary cervical cancer screening and triage of HPV-positive women, compared to cytology: preliminary results of the PIPAVIR study.

HPV testing represents a more sensitive methodology for primary cervical cancer screening compared to cytology. For triage of HPV positive women to colposcopy, partial HPV genotyping offers better sensitivity than cytology, at the cost of higher number of colposcopies.