Cervical Cancer Screening in Immunocompromised Women

Elisabeth McClymont; Marette Lee; Chelsea Elwood; Sheona Mitchell-Foster; Julie van Schalkwyk; Gina Ogilvie; Deborah Money

doi:10.1016/j.jogc.2019.03.005

Cervical Cancer Screening in Immunocompromised Women

J Obstet Gynaecol Can. 2019 Aug;41(8):1177-1180. doi: 10.1016/j.jogc.2019.03.005. Epub 2019 Jun 22.

Authors

Elisabeth McClymont¹, Marette Lee², Chelsea Elwood¹, Sheona Mitchell-Foster³, Julie van Schalkwyk³, Gina Ogilvie⁴, Deborah Money⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Women's Health Research Institute, Vancouver, BC.
² Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Cervical Screening Program, BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC.
³ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.
⁴ Women's Health Research Institute, Vancouver, BC; School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.
⁵ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Women's Health Research Institute, Vancouver, BC. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 31235371
DOI: 10.1016/j.jogc.2019.03.005

Abstract

In the context of changing recommendations for cervical cancer screening, differing recommendations in each province, and a lack of guidance for cervical screening of immunocompromised women, this article provides specific recommendations for cervical cancer screening of immunocompromised women in Canada.

Keywords: Cervical cancer; HIV; cervical screening; cytology; immunocompromised; transplant recipients; women.

MeSH terms

Canada / epidemiology
Early Detection of Cancer*
Evidence-Based Medicine
Female
HIV Infections / epidemiology
HIV Infections / immunology
Humans
Immunocompromised Host*
Mass Screening*
Papillomavirus Infections / diagnosis*
Papillomavirus Infections / epidemiology
Papillomavirus Infections / immunology*
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Prevalence
Transplantation Immunology
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / epidemiology
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / immunology*