2024
U.S. Women with Invasive Cervical Cancer: Characteristics and Potential Barriers to Prevention
Rosenblum H, Gargano J, Cleveland A, Dahl R, Park I, Whitney E, Castilho J, Sackey E, Niccolai L, Brackney M, Debess E, Ehlers S, Bennett N, Kurtz R, Unger E, Markowitz L. U.S. Women with Invasive Cervical Cancer: Characteristics and Potential Barriers to Prevention. Journal Of Women's Health 2024, 33: 594-603. PMID: 38608239, DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2023.0462.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInvasive cervical cancerEvaluate characteristics of womenPopulation-based descriptive studyInvasive cervical cancer diagnosisCervical cancer screeningReduce cervical cancer ratesPopulation-based surveillance sitesCervical cancer ratesIdentified potential barriersNon-white womenAdvent of screeningPotential barriersCharacteristics of womenIncident invasive cervical cancerCancer screeningPreventive careCancer ratesCervical cancerMental illnessSubstance use disordersChi-square testDescriptive frequenciesDescriptive studyMultiple barriersSurveillance sites
2019
962. Trends in Cervical Pre-cancers by Race and Ethnicity During the Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Era, HPV Vaccine Impact Monitoring Project (HPV-IMPACT), United States, 2008–2016
Gargano J, Lewis R, Hunt H, McClung N, Bennett N, Griffin M, Niccolai L, Park I, Powell M, Brackney M, Scahill M, Pemmaraju M, Fink D, Ehlers S, Cleveland A, Unger E, Markowitz L. 962. Trends in Cervical Pre-cancers by Race and Ethnicity During the Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Era, HPV Vaccine Impact Monitoring Project (HPV-IMPACT), United States, 2008–2016. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2019, 6: s29-s29. PMCID: PMC6809029, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofz359.064.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAverage annual percentage changeCervical intraepithelial neoplasiaRace/ethnicityVaccine eraYear oldsNH blacksNH whitesHuman papillomavirus vaccine introductionActive population-based surveillanceHPV vaccine eraPopulation-based surveillanceConfidence intervalsAnnual percentage changeSignificant declineScreened womenVaccine impactRace/ethnicity dataCervical cancerIntraepithelial neoplasiaVaccine introductionCIN2Hispanic womenJoinpoint softwareSitu casesAge groups
2017
Declines in Human Papillomavirus (HPV)–Associated High-Grade Cervical Lesions After Introduction of HPV Vaccines in Connecticut, United States, 2008–2015
Niccolai LM, Meek JI, Brackney M, Hadler JL, Sosa LE, Weinberger DM. Declines in Human Papillomavirus (HPV)–Associated High-Grade Cervical Lesions After Introduction of HPV Vaccines in Connecticut, United States, 2008–2015. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2017, 65: 884-889. PMID: 28520854, DOI: 10.1093/cid/cix455.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCervical cancer screeningCervical lesionsRisk behaviorsHPV vaccinationVaccination coverageHuman papillomavirusCancer screeningBirth cohortHigh-grade cervical lesionsHPV vaccination coverageRates of CIN2Cervical intraepithelial neoplasiaHigh-grade lesionsSexual risk behaviorsSignificant declineHPV vaccineVaccine impactIntraepithelial neoplasiaCervical cancerRisk factorsSurveillance periodSimilar epidemiologyChlamydia trachomatisCohort patternsNegative binomial regression