Exploring the trend of increased cervical intraepithelial neoplasia detection rates in the Netherlands

Conclusions
The implementation of liquid-based cytology contributed to the CIN increase. If some of these extra detected CIN are regressive this leads to overdiagnosis. Other factors, such as an increased cervical cancer risk, and implementation of imaging-assisted reading, could also have contributed.

Source: Journal of Medical Screening - August 24, 2015 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Rozemeijer, K., van Kemenade, F. J., Penning, C., Matthijsse, S. M., Naber, S. K., van Rosmalen, J., van Ballegooijen, M., de Kok, I. M. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research