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Contraceptive testing of vaginal agents in rabbitsP E Castle
Thomas C Jenkins Department of Biophysics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Contraception 58:51-60. 1998..We review the pertinent literature and report findings that provide guidance for effectively using and improving the rabbit contraceptive model in testing new vaginal products...
Restricted cross-reactivity of hybrid capture 2 with nononcogenic human papillomavirus typesPhilip E Castle
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 11:1394-9. 2002....
Comparisons of HPV DNA detection by MY09/11 PCR methodsPhilip E Castle
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
J Med Virol 68:417-23. 2002..Our data also suggest that studies reporting HPV DNA detection by PCR need to report the type of polymerase used, as well as other assay specifics, and underscore the need for worldwide standards of testing...
Chlamydia trachomatis, herpes simplex virus 2, and human T-cell lymphotrophic virus type 1 are not associated with grade of cervical neoplasia in Jamaican colposcopy patientsPhilip E Castle
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
Sex Transm Dis 30:575-80. 2003..A few recent studies have suggested that other sexually transmitted infections may increase the likelihood of a human papillomavirus (HPV) infection progressing to high-grade cervical neoplasia and cancer...
Human monoclonal antibody stability and activity at vaginal pHPhilip E Castle
Thomas C Jenkins Department of Biophysics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
J Reprod Immunol 56:61-76. 2002..Taken together, our data and empirical calculations suggest that vaginally applied human MAbs are likely to remain stable and active throughout the duration they are likely to reside in the vagina...
Could multiple low-affinity bonds mediate primary sperm-zona pellucida binding?Philip E Castle
Reproduction 124:29-32. 2002..A mechanism involving multiple low-affinity bonds could account for some of the difficulties in elucidating primary sperm-zona pellucida interactions...
Results of human papillomavirus DNA testing with the hybrid capture 2 assay are reproduciblePhilip E Castle
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, USA
J Clin Microbiol 40:1088-90. 2002..68 and the linear-weighted kappa was 0.76. The results of this study indicate that HC 2 testing is reproducible even among cytologically normal women with low test values...
Sexual behavior, human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV 16) infection, and HPV 16 seropositivityPhilip E Castle
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
Sex Transm Dis 29:182-7. 2002..Sexual behaviors have been linked to seropositivity for human papillomavirus (HPV) but not with the magnitude of the seroreactivity...
An association of cervical inflammation with high-grade cervical neoplasia in women infected with oncogenic human papillomavirus (HPV)P E Castle
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 10:1021-7. 2001..90-4.1). The results of this study suggest that cervical inflammation may be associated with high-grade lesions and may be a cofactor for high-grade cervical lesions in women infected with oncogenic HPV...
Rapid clearance of human papillomavirus and implications for clinical focus on persistent infectionsAna Cecilia Rodriguez
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, 6120 Executive Blvd, EPS, Rm 5032, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 100:513-7. 2008..These findings suggest that the medical community should emphasize persistence of cervical HPV infection, not single-time detection of HPV, in management strategies and health messages...
A population-based study of vaginal human papillomavirus infection in hysterectomized womenPhilip E Castle
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 7234, USA
J Infect Dis 190:458-67. 2004..e., A3/A4/A15) may have a predilection for vaginal epithelium...
Baseline cytology, human papillomavirus testing, and risk for cervical neoplasia: a 10-year cohort analysisMark E Sherman
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 95:46-52. 2003..We evaluated whether simultaneous screening with a Pap test and human papillomavirus (HPV) testing is useful for assessing the risk for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) 3 or cervical cancer...
The elevated 10-year risk of cervical precancer and cancer in women with human papillomavirus (HPV) type 16 or 18 and the possible utility of type-specific HPV testing in clinical practiceMichelle J Khan
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, 6120 Executive Blvd, Rm. 7074, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 97:1072-9. 2005..CONCLUSIONS: HPV screening that distinguishes HPV16 and HPV18 from other oncogenic HPV types may identify women at the greatest risk of > or = CIN3 and may permit less aggressive management of other women with oncogenic HPV infections...
Relationships of human papillomavirus type, qualitative viral load, and age with cytologic abnormalityMelinda Butsch Kovacic
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics and Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
Cancer Res 66:10112-9. 2006..The lack of evident severe abnormalities associated with HPV18 and related HPV types might have implications for screening for poorly detected glandular and alpha7-related lesions...
Short term persistence of human papillomavirus and risk of cervical precancer and cancer: population based cohort studyPhilip E Castle
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, DHHS, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
BMJ 339:b2569. 2009....
A comparison of cervical and vaginal human papillomavirusPhilip E Castle
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892 7234, USA
Sex Transm Dis 34:849-55. 2007..Previous studies have failed to present data on or detect a broad spectrum of HPV genotypes and/or have not carefully sampled the vagina, instead relying on self-collection that is likely contaminated with cervical cells...
Human papillomavirus testing in the prevention of cervical cancerMark Schiffman
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 103:368-83. 2011..The greatest potential for reduction in cervical cancer rates from HPV screening is in low-resource regions that can implement infrequent rounds of low-cost HPV testing and treatment...
Neither one-time negative screening tests nor negative colposcopy provides absolute reassurance against cervical cancerPhilip E Castle
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892 7234, USA
Int J Cancer 125:1649-56. 2009....
Age-related changes of the cervix influence human papillomavirus type distributionPhilip E Castle
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute NIH, 6120 Executive Boulevard, Bethesda, MD 20892 7234, USA
Cancer Res 66:1218-24. 2006..These patterns need to be confirmed in other studies and populations. We suggest that these genetically distinct groups of HPV types may differ in tissue preferences, which may contribute to their differences in carcinogenic potential...
A comparison of linear array and hybrid capture 2 for detection of carcinogenic human papillomavirus and cervical precancer in ASCUS-LSIL triage studyPatti E Gravitt
Department of Epidemiology and Molecular Microbiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 17:1248-54. 2008..We were interested in comparing the performance of Linear Array (LA; Roche Molecular Systems) to Hybrid Capture 2 (hc2; Digene) for the detection of carcinogenic human papillomavirus (HPV) and cervical precancer...
Long-term persistence of prevalently detected human papillomavirus infections in the absence of detectable cervical precancer and cancerPhilip E Castle
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, Department of Health and Human Services, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 7234, USA
J Infect Dis 203:814-22. 2011..Detailed descriptions of long-term persistence of human papillomavirus (HPV) in the absence of cervical precancer are lacking...
Human papillomavirus genotype attribution and estimation of preventable fraction of anal intraepithelial neoplasia cases among HIV-infected men who have sex with menVikrant V Sahasrabuddhe
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland 20852, USA
J Infect Dis 207:392-401. 2013....
Immune profiling of plasma and cervical secretions using recycling immunoaffinity chromatographyPhilip E Castle
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 7234, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 12:1449-56. 2003....
A study of Amplicor human papillomavirus DNA detection in the atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance-low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion triage studyNicolas Wentzensen
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD 20854 7234, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 18:1341-9. 2009..Amplicor at the 1.5 cutoff had comparable performance with hc2. Whereas Amplicor missed more disease related to nontargeted types, hc2 was more likely to miss disease related to targeted types...
A prospective study of age trends in cervical human papillomavirus acquisition and persistence in Guanacaste, Costa RicaPhilip E Castle
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 7234, USA
J Infect Dis 191:1808-16. 2005..In some populations, HPV prevalence demonstrates a second peak in older women. Longitudinal data may help to explain this second peak...
Human papillomavirus (HPV) genotypes in women with cervical precancer and cancer at Kaiser Permanente Northern CaliforniaPhilip E Castle
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, DHHS, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 20:946-53. 2011..Here, we present the HPV genotypes found in first ∼500 cases of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 3 (CIN3) or more severe disease (CIN3+) diagnosed at the study baseline...
Human papillomavirus prevalence in women who have and have not undergone hysterectomiesPhilip E Castle
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD, USA
J Infect Dis 194:1702-5. 2006..5% for WH) between the 2 groups of women. Although WH have a similar prevalence of carcinogenic HPV infection, compared with WNH without a cervix, they have minimal risk of HPV-induced cancer and are unlikely to benefit from HPV testing...
A long-term prospective study of type-specific human papillomavirus infection and risk of cervical neoplasia among 20,000 women in the Portland Kaiser Cohort StudyMark Schiffman
Clinical Genetics Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 20:1398-409. 2011..Adding HPV testing to cytology is recommended for women ≥30 but long-term prospective studies of HPV testing are rare...
Comparison between prototype hybrid capture 3 and hybrid capture 2 human papillomavirus DNA assays for detection of high-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and cancerPhilip E Castle
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
J Clin Microbiol 41:4022-30. 2003..68 to 0.79). In conclusion, we suggest that HC3 (>/=0.6 RLU/PC) may be slightly more sensitive than and equally specific test as HC2 (>/=1.0 RLU/PC) for the detection of CIN3+ over the duration of typical screening intervals...
Human papillomavirus testing following loop electrosurgical excision procedure identifies women at risk for posttreatment cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 2 or 3 diseaseAimee R Kreimer
National Cancer Institute, NIH, 6130 Executive Boulevard, Bethesda, MD 20892 7333, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 15:908-14. 2006....
A prospective study of high-grade cervical neoplasia risk among human papillomavirus-infected womenPhilip E Castle
National Cancer Institute, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 94:1406-14. 2002..However, these potential risk factors have not been adequately studied in prospective studies...
Methylation of HPV18, HPV31, and HPV45 genomes and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 3Nicolas Wentzensen
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, 6120 Executive Blvd, Room 5024, Rockville, MD 20852 7234, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 104:1738-49. 2012..However, the extent of methylation in other HPV types and its role in progression to cancer is poorly understood...
Comparative performance of human papillomavirus DNA testing using novel sample collection methodsJulia C Gage
Clinical Genetics Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, 6120 Executive Blvd, MSC 7231, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
J Clin Microbiol 49:4185-9. 2011..HC2 is likely more clinically specific, although possibly less sensitive, than either PCR test. Thus, use of HC2 on cervicovaginal specimens for screening could result in fewer referrals compared to LA and Amplicor...
Comparison of the cobas Human Papillomavirus (HPV) test with the hybrid capture 2 and linear array HPV DNA testsJulia C Gage
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, DHHS, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
J Clin Microbiol 50:61-5. 2012..Additional studies are needed to compare HC2 and cobas for detecting and predicting CIN3 to understand the clinical implications of the discrepant test results between the two tests...
Comparison of two PCR-based human papillomavirus genotyping methodsPhilip E Castle
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, 6120 Executive Blvd, Room 5004, EPS MSC 7234, Bethesda, MD 20892 7234
J Clin Microbiol 46:3437-45. 2008..Both approaches are suitable for monitoring the impact of HPV16/18 vaccines in clinical trials...
Human papillomavirus type 16 infections and 2-year absolute risk of cervical precancer in women with equivocal or mild cytologic abnormalitiesPhilip E Castle
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, DHHS, Bethesda, MD 20892 7234, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 97:1066-71. 2005....
Variable risk of cervical precancer and cancer after a human papillomavirus-positive testPhilip E Castle
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 7234, USA
Obstet Gynecol 117:650-6. 2011..To explore the effect of screening history on the risk of cervical precancer and cancer after an human papillomavirus (HPV)-positive test...
Hierarchical clustering of human papilloma virus genotype patterns in the ASCUS-LSIL triage studyNicolas Wentzensen
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland 20852 7234, USA
Cancer Res 70:8578-86. 2010..Our novel approach to study multiple genotype infections in cervical disease with the use of unsupervised hierarchical clustering can address complex genotype distributions on a population level...
Seroreactivity to human papillomavirus (HPV) types 16, 18, or 31 and risk of subsequent HPV infection: results from a population-based study in Costa RicaRaphael P Viscidi
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 13:324-7. 2004..3; 95% CI 1.0-1.8). Thus, we did not observe immunity, although a protective effect from natural infection cannot be excluded because of the limits of available assays and study designs...
Absolute risk of a subsequent abnormal pap among oncogenic human papillomavirus DNA-positive, cytologically negative womenPhilip E Castle
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, USA
Cancer 95:2145-51. 2002..The absolute risk of a subsequent abnormal Pap test for these women is uncertain. Therefore, the proper counseling and clinical management of these women is also uncertain...
Cervical cancer risk for women undergoing concurrent testing for human papillomavirus and cervical cytology: a population-based study in routine clinical practiceHormuzd A Katki
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, DHHS, Bethesda, MD 20882, USA
Lancet Oncol 12:663-72. 2011....
Smoking is a risk factor for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 3 among oncogenic human papillomavirus DNA-positive women with equivocal or mildly abnormal cytologyKathleen McIntyre-Seltman
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Room 7074, 6120 Executive Boulevard, EPS MSC 7234, Bethesda, MD 20892-7234, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 14:1165-70. 2005..Smoking cessation trials targeting this population might be warranted...
PCR testing of pooled longitudinally collected cervical specimens of women to increase the efficiency of studying human papillomavirus infectionPhilip E Castle
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Room 7074, 6120 Executive Boulevard, EPS MSC 7234, Bethesda, MD 20892 7234, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 14:256-60. 2005..3% (95% CI, 74.7-91.4%), respectively. We conclude that pooling specimens and testing by PCR may be useful for discriminating HPV DNA-positive from completely negative specimen sets in women who are likely to have been HPV DNA-negative.>..
Risk assessment to guide the prevention of cervical cancerPhilip E Castle
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD 20892 7234, USA
J Low Genit Tract Dis 12:1-7. 2008....
Influence of loop electrosurgical excision procedure on subsequent acquisition of new human papillomavirus infectionsPhilip E Castle
Divisions of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
J Infect Dis 199:1612-20. 2009..The impact of loop electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP) treatment for cervical precancerous lesions on subsequent acquisition of new human papillomavirus (HPV) infections is not well described...
Effect of the number of biopsies on the subsequent acquisition of new human papillomavirus infectionsPhilip E Castle
National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD, USA
Obstet Gynecol 114:1057-62. 2009..To analyze the effect of number of biopsies taken at enrollment with incident human papillomavirus (HPV) infections detected at the next 6-month visit...
A population-based prospective study of carcinogenic human papillomavirus variant lineages, viral persistence, and cervical neoplasiaMark Schiffman
Divisions of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics and Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20852, USA
Cancer Res 70:3159-69. 2010..Larger viral genomic studies are warranted, especially to identify the genetic basis for HPV16's unique carcinogenicity...
The age-specific relationships of abnormal cytology and human papillomavirus DNA results to the risk of cervical precancer and cancerPhilip E Castle
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Obstet Gynecol 116:76-84. 2010..To estimate the relationship of human papillomavirus (HPV) detection and abnormal cytology with histologic diagnoses of cervical precancer and cancer...
Comparison of measurements of human papillomavirus persistence for postcolposcopic surveillance for cervical precancerous lesionsJulia C Gage
Clinical Genetics Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, 6120 Executive Boulevard, EPS 7013, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 19:1668-74. 2010..Compared with pooled-probe testing, measuring HPV genotype-specific persistence might better predict subsequent grade 3 cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN3)...
Human papillomavirus genotyping, human papillomavirus mRNA expression, and p16/Ki-67 cytology to detect anal cancer precursors in HIV-infected MSMNicolas Wentzensen
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
AIDS 26:2185-92. 2012..Both approaches have limited reproducibility and sensitivity for detecting anal cancer precursors. We evaluated biomarkers for human papillomavirus (HPV)-related disease in a population of HIV-infected MSM...
Human papillomavirus genotype specificity of hybrid capture 2Philip E Castle
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, 6120 Executive Blvd, Room 5030, EPS MSC 7234, Bethesda, MD 20892 7234, USA
J Clin Microbiol 46:2595-604. 2008..In conclusion, hc2 cross-reacts with certain untargeted, noncarcinogenic HPV genotypes that are phylogenetically related to the targeted genotypes, but the degree of cross-reactivity may be less than previously reported...
Stability of archived liquid-based cervical cytologic specimensPhilip E Castle
The National Cancer Institute, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, Rockville, Maryland 20892 7234, USA
Cancer 99:89-96. 2003..However, long-term DNA stability and cytologic stability of these biospecimens have not been evaluated...
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-DNA adducts in cervix of women infected with carcinogenic human papillomavirus types: an immunohistochemistry studyM Margaret Pratt
Carcinogen DNA Interactions Section, LCBG, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
Mutat Res 624:114-23. 2007..Therefore, PAH-DNA adduct formation as measured by this methodology did not appear related to the increased risk of cervical precancer and cancer among carcinogenic HPV-infected smokers...
Interlaboratory reliability of Hybrid Capture 2Philip E Castle
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, DHHS, Bethesda, MD, USA
Am J Clin Pathol 122:238-45. 2004..73); among those with equivocal or abnormal cytologic findings, kappa values were 0.80 or more. These data show that HC2 is a reliable test for detecting clinically relevant oncogenic HPV DNA...
Five-year risks of CIN 3+ and cervical cancer among women with HPV-positive and HPV-negative high-grade Pap resultsHormuzd A Katki
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health DHHS, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
J Low Genit Tract Dis 17:S50-5. 2013..We examined whether HPV testing provides useful risk stratification in this context...
Five-year risks of CIN 3+ and cervical cancer among women who test Pap-negative but are HPV-positiveHormuzd A Katki
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health DHHS, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
J Low Genit Tract Dis 17:S56-63. 2013..However, the performance of these guidelines in routine clinical practice has not been evaluated...
Follow-up testing after colposcopy: five-year risk of CIN 2+ after a colposcopic diagnosis of CIN 1 or lessHormuzd A Katki
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health DHHS, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
J Low Genit Tract Dis 17:S69-77. 2013..An important question is how many subsequent negative Pap results, or negative Pap and human papillomavirus (HPV) cotest results, are needed before returning to an extended retesting interval...
Five-year risk of recurrence after treatment of CIN 2, CIN 3, or AIS: performance of HPV and Pap cotesting in posttreatment managementHormuzd A Katki
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health DHHS, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
J Low Genit Tract Dis 17:S78-84. 2013..It is not clear how many negative posttreatment Pap or cotest results are needed to ensure adequate safety against CIN 2+ before returning to extended retesting intervals...
Hormonal contraceptive use, pregnancy and parity, and the risk of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia 3 among oncogenic HPV DNA-positive women with equivocal or mildly abnormal cytologyPhilip E Castle
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, DHHS, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Int J Cancer 117:1007-12. 2005....
Human papillomavirus genotypes in cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 3Philip E Castle
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, 6120 Executive Boulevard, Room 5004, MSC 7234, Bethesda, MD 20892 7234, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 19:1675-81. 2010..There are few large case series describing the human papillomavirus (HPV) genotypes found in women diagnosed with rigorously reviewed cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 3 (CIN3), cervical precancer...
A comparison of a prototype PCR assay and hybrid capture 2 for detection of carcinogenic human papillomavirus DNA in women with equivocal or mildly abnormal papanicolaou smearsMark Schiffman
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD 20892-7234, USA
Am J Clin Pathol 124:722-32. 2005..Smaller amounts of material used in PCR could have limited its sensitivity, but our results demonstrate the importance of optimization and standardization of PCR-based assays for clinical applications...
Viral determinants of human papillomavirus persistence following loop electrical excision procedure treatment for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 2 or 3Aimee R Kreimer
Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 16:11-6. 2007..Data from Atypical Squamous Cells of Undetermined Significance-Low-Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesion Triage Study were used to evaluate HPV persistence and reappearance after LEEP...
Detection of precancerous cervical lesions is differential by human papillomavirus typeMahboobeh Safaeian
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Cancer Res 69:3262-6. 2009..001). These results indicate the underrepresentation of HPV18/45 in precancers, whereas HPV16-associated CIN3+ is diagnosed much earlier. Whether the underrepresentation of 18/45 may be due to occult pathology needs further investigation...
Factors influencing histologic confirmation of high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion cytologyPhilip E Castle
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Obstet Gynecol 112:637-45. 2008..To examine the predictors of histologic confirmation of high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (HSIL) cytology occurring in follow-up of young women originally referred into a trial because of less severe cytology...
Hybrid capture 2 viral load and the 2-year cumulative risk of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 3 or cancerPhilip E Castle
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 191:1590-7. 2004....
Comparison of linear array and line blot assay for detection of human papillomavirus and diagnosis of cervical precancer and cancer in the atypical squamous cell of undetermined significance and low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion triage studyPhilip E Castle
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, 6120 Executive Blvd, Room 5004, EPS MSC 7234, Bethesda, MD 20892 7234, USA
J Clin Microbiol 46:109-17. 2008..In conclusion, we found LA to be a promising assay for the detection of HPV genotypes and carcinogenic HPV, and it may be clinically useful for the detection of cervical precancer and cancer in women with equivocal cytology...
Comparison of ophthalmic sponges for measurements of immune markers from cervical secretionsPhilip E Castle
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 7234, USA
Clin Diagn Lab Immunol 11:399-405. 2004..These findings require confirmation...
A cross-sectional study of a prototype carcinogenic human papillomavirus E6/E7 messenger RNA assay for detection of cervical precancer and cancerPhilip E Castle
Division of Cancer Epidemiology, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 7234, USA
Clin Cancer Res 13:2599-605. 2007..To evaluate carcinogenic human papillomavirus (HPV) mRNA for E6 and E7 mRNA detection on clinical specimens to identify women with cervical precancer and cancer...
Relationship of atypical glandular cell cytology, age, and human papillomavirus detection to cervical and endometrial cancer risksPhilip E Castle
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 7234, USA
Obstet Gynecol 115:243-8. 2010....
The carcinogenicity of human papillomavirus types reflects viral evolutionMark Schiffman
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, US Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MA, USA
Virology 337:76-84. 2005..These results present several clear clues and research directions in our ongoing efforts to understand HPV carcinogenesis...
A novel filtration-based processing method of liquid cytology specimens for human papillomavirus DNA testing by hybrid capture IIPhilip E Castle
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD 20892-7234, USA
Am J Clin Pathol 123:250-5. 2005..NPM reduces specimen handling and decreases total testing time by approximately 33% without significant losses in HCII test performance...
The promise of global cervical-cancer preventionMark Schiffman
Hormonal and Reproductive Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
N Engl J Med 353:2101-4. 2005
An analysis of high-risk human papillomavirus DNA-negative cervical precancers in the ASCUS-LSIL Triage Study (ALTS)Philip E Castle
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics and Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Obstet Gynecol 111:847-56. 2008....
Reactivity of human sera in a sensitive, high-throughput pseudovirus-based papillomavirus neutralization assay for HPV16 and HPV18Diana V Pastrana
Laboratory of Cellular Oncology, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892-4263, USA
Virology 321:205-16. 2004..The SEAP pseudovirus-based neutralization assay should be a practical method for quantifying potentially protective antibody responses in HPV natural history and prophylactic vaccine studies...
A pilot analytic study of a research-level, lower-cost human papillomavirus 16, 18, and 45 testHannah P Yang
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892 7234, USA
J Virol Methods 176:112-4. 2011..It is concluded that the HPV16/18/45 assay is a promising triage test with a minimum detection of approximately 5000 viral copies, the clinically relevant threshold...
Cervical concentrations of interleukin-10 and interleukin-12 do not correlate with plasma levelsPhilip E Castle
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland 20892 7234, USA
J Clin Immunol 22:23-7. 2002....
Detection of cervical cancer and its precursors by endocervical curettage in 13,115 colposcopically guided biopsy examinationsJulia C Gage
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 6120 Executive Boulevard, Rockville, MD 20892, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 203:481.e1-9. 2010..ECC is routinely performed in the Calgary Health Region colposcopy clinics, permitting a look at its real-world utility...
Human papillomavirus: epidemiology and public healthMark Schiffman
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
Arch Pathol Lab Med 127:930-4. 2003....
Effects of electron-beam irradiation on buccal-cell DNAPhilip E Castle
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Am J Hum Genet 73:646-51. 2003....
Evaluation of a prototype real-time PCR assay for carcinogenic human papillomavirus (HPV) detection and simultaneous HPV genotype 16 (HPV16) and HPV18 genotypingPhilip E Castle
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, DHHS, Bethesda, MD 20892 7234, USA
J Clin Microbiol 47:3344-7. 2009..7% (95% confidence interval, 92.5 to 96.5%). The Linear Array test was more likely than cobas 4800 HPV test to test positive for the 12 other carcinogenic HPV genotypes among women without evidence of cervical disease (P = 0.004)...
Increasing incidence of testicular germ cell tumors among black men in the United StatesKatherine A McGlynn
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, 6120 Executive Blvd, Rm 7060, Rockville, MD 20852 7234, USA
J Clin Oncol 23:5757-61. 2005..However, a recent examination of ethnic-specific rates suggested that the incidence among black men may have begun to change in the 1990s...
Immunohistochemical evaluation of heat shock proteins in normal and preinvasive lesions of the cervixPhilip E Castle
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, DHHS, Bethesda, MD, USA
Cancer Lett 229:245-52. 2005..We conclude that HSP40, HSP60, and HSP70 expressions are up-regulated in response to the development of CIN3 akin to p16INK4a expression...
Interobserver agreement in the evaluation of digitized cervical imagesJose Jeronimo
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20852, USA
Obstet Gynecol 110:833-40. 2007..To estimate the agreement among multiple expert colposcopists evaluating high-resolution digitized cervigrams taken from patients with a variety of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection states and previous cervigram interpretations...
The relationship of community biopsy-diagnosed cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 2 to the quality control pathology-reviewed diagnoses: an ALTS reportPhilip E Castle
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892 7234, USA
Am J Clin Pathol 127:805-15. 2007....
Evidence for frequent regression of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia-grade 2Philip E Castle
Divisions of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Obstet Gynecol 113:18-25. 2009....
Risk assessment to guide the prevention of cervical cancerPhilip E Castle
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD 20892 7234, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 197:356.e1-6. 2007....
Pilot study of a commercialized human papillomavirus (HPV) genotyping assay: comparison of HPV risk group to cytology and histologyPhilip E Castle
Division of Cancer Epidemiology, National Cancer Institute, NIH, DHHS, Bethesda, MD 20892 7234, USA
J Clin Microbiol 44:3915-7. 2006..0005) and histologic diagnoses (P(Trend) < 0.0005)...
Cervical cancer prevention--cervical screening: science in evolutionMahboobeh Safaeian
Hormonal and Reproductive Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health DHHS, 6120 Executive Blvd, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
Obstet Gynecol Clin North Am 34:739-60, ix. 2007..This article describes the traditional methods of screening for cervical cancer and innovative methods that might help overcome financial and cultural barriers to more widespread screening...
Detection of carcinogenic human papillomavirus in specimens collected with a novel self-sampling devicePhilip E Castle
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892 7234, USA
J Clin Microbiol 44:2158-9. 2006..The kappa value was 0.66 (95% confidence interval, 0.53 to 0.78), with an 83% overall test agreement and a 68% positive test agreement...
Age-appropriate use of human papillomavirus vaccines in the U.SPhilip E Castle
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, DHHS, Bethesda, MD 20892 7234, USA
Gynecol Oncol 114:365-9. 2009..It is increasingly evident that prophylactic HPV vaccines will provide the greatest public health or population benefit only when delivered to adolescent, mostly HPV-naive women...
Viral load of human papillomavirus and risk of CIN3 or cervical cancerAttila T Lorincz
Digene Corporation, Gaithersburg, MD 20708, USA
Lancet 360:228-9. 2002..Results were stratified into four groups (RLU/PC 1 to <10, 10 to <100, 100 to <1000, > or = 1000). Although presence of HPV strongly increased risk of CIN3+, high viral load did not further predict risk of CIN3+...
The potential utility of HPV genotyping in screening and clinical managementPhilip E Castle
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, 6120 Executive Boulevard, Room 5004, EPS MSC 7234, Bethesda, MD 20892 7234, USA
J Natl Compr Canc Netw 6:83-95. 2008..However, several practical considerations must be addressed before HPV genotyping can be used in screening and clinical management...
A 2-year prospective study of human papillomavirus persistence among women with a cytological diagnosis of atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance or low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesionMartyn Plummer
International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
J Infect Dis 195:1582-9. 2007..Most infections and associated lesions clear spontaneously. It is important to define the determinants and timing of clearance, so that viral persistence can be recognized and managed...
Invited commentary: is monitoring of human papillomavirus infection for viral persistence ready for use in cervical cancer screening?Philip E Castle
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892 7234, USA
Am J Epidemiol 168:138-44; discussion 145-8. 2008..Investigators will need to address these and other key issues in order to realize the potential utility of HPV viral monitoring for improving the accuracy of cervical cancer screening...
Re: Human papillomavirus in oral exfoliated cells and risk of head and neck cancerPhilip E Castle
J Natl Cancer Inst 96:1181-2; author reply 1182-3. 2004
Impact of 6-month frozen storage of cervical specimens in alkaline buffer conditions on human papillomavirus genotypingBrandon J LaMere
Regional Laboratory, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Berkley, CA, USA
J Virol Methods 151:298-300. 2008..Six-month frozen storage of cervical specimens at alkaline pH had little impact on testing for HPV genotypes among hc2-positive women using this HPV genotyping method...
Human papillomavirus genotyping after denaturation of specimens for Hybrid Capture 2 testing: feasibility study for the HPV persistence and progression cohortBrandon J LaMere
Regional Laboratory, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Berkley, CA, USA
J Virol Methods 146:80-5. 2007..07), suggesting that these differences represented chance (intra-test variability). It can be concluded that residual Hybrid Capture-positive specimens can be genotyped by PCR after Hybrid Capture 2 processing...
HPV-16 L1 VLP vaccine elicits a broad-spectrum of cytokine responses in whole bloodLigia A Pinto
SAIC Frederick, Inc NCI Frederick, Room 120, Building 469, Frederick, MD 21702, USA
Vaccine 23:3555-64. 2005....
Epidemiologic profile of type-specific human papillomavirus infection and cervical neoplasia in Guanacaste, Costa RicaRolando Herrero
Proyecto Epidemiologico Guanacaste, Fundacion INCIENSA, San Jose, Costa Rica
J Infect Dis 191:1796-807. 2005..CONCLUSIONS: We confirmed the bimodal age pattern of HPV infection in Guanacaste and the sexually transmitted nature of both oncogenic and nononcogenic HPV types...
Semiquantitative human papillomavirus type 16 viral load and the prospective risk of cervical precancer and cancerPhilip E Castle
Digene Corporation, 1201 Clopper Road, Gaithersburg, MD 20878, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 14:1311-4. 2005..008), possibly diminishing any additional risk for > or =CIN3 attributable to higher HPV16 viral loads...
Chapter 7: Achievements and limitations of cervical cytology screeningHenry C Kitchener
Academic Unit of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Manchester, St Mary s Hospital, Whitworth Park, Manchester, UK
Vaccine 24:S3/63-70. 2006..The increasing rate of human papillomavirus (HPV) testing and the prospect of prophylactic vaccination will change the way cervical cytology is used, possibly giving way to HPV testing as the primary test in secondary prevention...
