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. 2020 Apr;24(2):90-101.
doi: 10.1097/LGT.0000000000000528.

2019 ASCCP Risk-Based Management Consensus Guidelines: Methods for Risk Estimation, Recommended Management, and Validation

Li C Cheung  1 , Didem Egemen  1 , Xiaojian Chen  1 , Hormuzd A Katki  1 , Maria Demarco  1 , Amy L Wiser  2 , Rebecca B Perkins  3 , Richard S Guido  4 , Nicolas Wentzensen  1 , Mark Schiffman  1
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2019 ASCCP Risk-Based Management Consensus Guidelines: Methods for Risk Estimation, Recommended Management, and Validation

Li C Cheung et al. J Low Genit Tract Dis. 2020 Apr.

Abstract

Objective: To manage cervical screening abnormalities, the 2019 ASCCP management consensus guidelines will recommend clinical action on the basis of risk of cervical precancer and cancer. This article details the methods used to estimate risk, to determine the risk-based management, and to validate that the risk-based recommendations are of general use in different settings.

Methods: Based on 1.5 million patients undergoing triennial cervical screening by cotesting at the Kaiser Permanente Northern California from 2003 to 2017, we estimated risk profiles for different clinical scenarios and combinations of past and current human papillomavirus and cytology test results. We validated the recommended management by comparing with the estimated risks in several external data sources.

Results: Risk and management tables are presented separately by Egemen et al. and Demarco et al. Risk-based management derived from the Kaiser Permanente Northern California largely agreed with the management implied from the estimated risks of the other data sources.

Conclusions: The new risk-based guidelines present management of abnormal cervical screening results. By describing the steps used to develop these guidelines, the methods presented in this article can provide a basis for future extensions of the risk-based guidelines.

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Conflict of interest statement

R.S.G. reports that he was an ASCCP consultant for the guideline and a DSMB consultant for Ikonosys. The other authors have declared they have no conflicts of interest.

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