Wednesday, October 12, 2016

ASCO issues new evidence based recommendations for global cervical cancer screening.

AmericanSociety of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)[i]  releases new resource stratified, evidence based global screening guidelines for secondary prevention of cervical cancer. ASCO called upon multidisciplinary, multinational team of cancer control, public health, oncology, epidemiology, primary care and patient advocacy experts to review the earlier guidelines and formulate recommendations according to the resources available.  

The panel of expert identified 7 existing guidelines, reviewed them and formed the evidence base, along with cost effective analysis and four systematic reviews leading to more than 75% agreement.

The basic aim of the guidelines was utilizing the resources available in countries across the globe to screen the maximum number of women to detect precancerous lesions and treatment and follow-up thereafter.

According to Medscape Surendra S. Shastri, MD, MBBS, co-chair of the ASCO expert panel that developed the guideline and professor of preventive oncology at Tata Memorial Center in Mumbai, India said "Every woman ― no matter where she lives ― should have at least one good cervical cancer screen in her lifetime, but unfortunately, we are not even close to that."

The guidelines were published online October 12 in the Journal of Global Oncology.[ii]

The countries around the world are divided into 4 tier based on available healthcare resources- maximal resources, enhanced resources, limited resources and basic resources. Countries with most resources are in the maximal resource group while countries with very limited resources were labelled as into basic resources group.

The panel then evaluated that what type of screening will be suitable for each tier.

Key Recommendations as published in the Journal of Global Oncology:

Primary Screening

  • Human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA testing is recommended in all resource settings.
  • Visual inspection with acetic acid may be used in basic settings.
  • The recommended age ranges and frequencies in each setting are as follows:
    • Maximal: 25-65 years, every 5 years
    • Enhanced: 30-65 years, if two consecutive negative tests at 5-years intervals, then every 10 years
    • Limited: 30-49 years, every 10 years
    • Basic: 30-49 years, one to three times per lifetime
Exiting Screening

  • Maximal and enhanced: ≥ 65 years with consistently negative results during past ≥ 15 years
  • Limited and basic: ≤ 49 years, resource-dependent; see specific recommendations
Triage

  • In basic settings, visual assessment for treatment may be used after positive HPV DNA testing results.
    • If visual inspection with acetic acid was used as primary screening with abnormal results, women should receive treatment.
  • For other settings, HPV genotyping and/or cytology may be used.
After Triage

  • Women with negative triage results should receive follow-up in 12 months.
  • In basic settings, women should be treated if there are abnormal or positive triage results.
  • In limited settings, women with abnormal results from triage should receive colposcopy, if available, or visual assessment for treatment, if colposcopy is not available.
  • In maximal and enhanced settings, women with abnormal or positive results from triage should receive colposcopy.
Treatment of Women With Precursor Lesions

  • In basic settings, treatment options are cryotherapy or loop electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP).
  • In other settings, LEEP (if high level of quality assurance) or ablation (if medical contraindication to LEEP) is recommended.
  • Twelve-month post-treatment follow-up is recommended for all settings.
Special Populations

  • Women who are HIV positive or immunosuppressed for other reasons should be screened with HPV as soon as diagnosed and screened twice as many times in a lifetime as the general population.
  • The management of abnormal screening results for women with HIV and positive results of triage is the same as in the general population
  • Women should be offered primary screening 6 weeks postpartum in basic settings and 6 months postpartum in other settings.
  • Screening may be discontinued in women who have received a total hysterectomy for benign causes with no history of cervical dysplasia or HPV. Women who have received a subtotal hysterectomy (with an intact cervix) should continue receiving routine screening.




[i] https://pilotguidelines.atlassian.net/wiki/display/SPCCRG/Secondary+Prevention+of+Cervical+Cancer+Resource-Stratified+Guideline+Home
[ii] http://jgo.ascopubs.org/content/early/2016/10/08/JGO.2016.006577.full#abstract-1

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