Correct I would also add re (2) that you do further cytology screen or immediate colposcopy.
LBC and HPV testing are complementary products with significant synergy in bundling the two. This is why the owner of the ThinPrep LBC test (Hologic Inc) paid US$580m for the developer of the Cervista HPV test (Thirdwave Technologies Inc)
Overtime many propoents argue that HPV has the ability to replace LBC, this will not happen anytime soon but the clinical data being generated by incumbents (like the 130k patient study in India published in the New England Journal of Medicine) point to such a development on the horizon.
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