A randomized, controlled trial of two strategies of offering the home‐based HPV self‐sampling test to non‐ participants in the Flemish cervical cancer screening program

We conducted a randomized, controlled trial to evaluate different strategies of offering an HPV‐self sampling program, and compared this with two control groups. All total of 35,354 women who did not participate in the Flemish cancer screening program were included in the study: 9,118 received a HPV self‐collection brush (RIATOL qPCR HPV genotyping test (qPCR [E6/E7]); 9,098 were offered the opportunity to order an HPV‐selfsampling brush, 8,830 received the recall letter; 8,849 received no intervention. Within 12 months after the mailing, 18.7% of the women who had received the brush, particip... Mehr ...