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Cervical cancer screening in Poland in current SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: Interim guidelines of the Polish Society of Gynecologists and Obstetricians and the Polish Society of Colposcopy and Cervical Pathophysiology — a summary January 2021

Robert Jach1, Maciej Mazurec2, Martyna Trzeszcz3, Mariusz Zimmer4, Witold Kedzia5, Hubert Wolski6
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Ginekol Pol 2021;92(2):165-173.
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  1. Division of Gynecologic Endocrinology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Cracow, Poland
  2. Corfamed Women’s Health Center, Wroclaw, Poland
  3. Division of Pathology and Clinical Cytology, University Hospital in Wroclaw, Poland
  4. Second Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Wroclaw Medical University, Poland
  5. Division of Developmental Gynecology and Sexuology, Department of Perinatology and Gynecology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poland
  6. Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Poviat Hospital in Zakopane, Poland

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The Polish Society of Colposcopy and Cervical Pathophysiology (PTKiPSM) together with the Polish Society of Gynecologists and Obstetricians (PTGiP) issued a final summary of interim guidelines for secondary cervical cancer prevention during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic based on the analysis of the latest directional publications and the authors’ own experiences. The aim of the summary is to facilitate the implementation of the most effective possible screening of cervical precancerous lesions and cervical cancer due to temporary significant limitation of screening as a consequence of the ongoing epidemiological threat. These final guidelines are taking into account the 2020 call of the World Health Organization (WHO) for global epidemiological elimination of cervical cancer. The guidelines supplement the interim guidelines of PTKiPSM and PTGiP announced in March 2020 on the possible deferral of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in patients with abnormal screening tests results in secondary prevention of cervical cancer in current pandemic.

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The Polish Society of Colposcopy and Cervical Pathophysiology (PTKiPSM) together with the Polish Society of Gynecologists and Obstetricians (PTGiP) issued a final summary of interim guidelines for secondary cervical cancer prevention during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic based on the analysis of the latest directional publications and the authors’ own experiences. The aim of the summary is to facilitate the implementation of the most effective possible screening of cervical precancerous lesions and cervical cancer due to temporary significant limitation of screening as a consequence of the ongoing epidemiological threat. These final guidelines are taking into account the 2020 call of the World Health Organization (WHO) for global epidemiological elimination of cervical cancer. The guidelines supplement the interim guidelines of PTKiPSM and PTGiP announced in March 2020 on the possible deferral of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in patients with abnormal screening tests results in secondary prevention of cervical cancer in current pandemic.

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cervical cancer prevention; abnormal screening results; HPV testing; cervical cytology; selfsampling; SARS-CoV-2 pandemic; guidelines

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Cervical cancer screening in Poland in current SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: Interim guidelines of the Polish Society of Gynecologists and Obstetricians and the Polish Society of Colposcopy and Cervical Pathophysiology — a summary January 2021

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Ginekologia Polska

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Vol 92, No 2 (2021)

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Guidelines / Expert consensus

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165-173

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2021-02-26

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10.5603/GP.2021.0043

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Ginekol Pol 2021;92(2):165-173.

Keywords

cervical cancer prevention
abnormal screening results
HPV testing
cervical cytology
selfsampling
SARS-CoV-2 pandemic
guidelines

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Robert Jach
Maciej Mazurec
Martyna Trzeszcz
Mariusz Zimmer
Witold Kedzia
Hubert Wolski

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