Guanacaste HPV Natural History Study
Initiatives
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To investigate the role of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and its co-factors in the etiology of high-grade cervical neoplasia, and to evaluate new cervical cancer screening technologies.
*Note: All published information has been collected from the article referenced in the Marker Paper box below. Therefore, there may be variations with more advanced versions of the study.*
- Start Year
- 1993
- Funding
- National Cancer Institute
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Design
- Study design
- Population cohort
- Follow Up
- The cohort will be followed actively, at intervals of no more than a year, to study the natural history of HPV infection. Women were followed longitudinally for seven years.
Marker Paper
Herrero R, Schiffman MH, Bratti C, Hildesheim A, Balmaceda I, Sherman ME, Greenberg M, Cárdenas F, Gómez V, Helgesen K, Morales J, Hutchinson M, Mango L, Alfaro M, Potischman NW, Wacholder S, Swanson C, Brinton LA. Design and methods of a population-based natural history study of cervical neoplasia in a rural province of Costa Rica: the Guanacaste Project. Rev Panam Salud Publica. 1997 May;1(5):362-75. doi: 10.1590/s1020-49891997000500005.
Recruitment
- Sources of Recruitment
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- Individuals
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 10,049
- Number of participants with biosamples
- Supplementary Information
- Women 18 years of age
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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