1. Prevalence of high-risk human papillomaviruses (HPV) in Slovenian women attending organized National Cervical Cancer Screening 14 years after implementation of the National HPV Vaccination ProgramMateja Lasič Pecev, Anja Oštrbenk Valenčak, Špela Smrkolj, Klara Bohinc, Ana Pflaum, Mario Poljak, 2025, original scientific article Abstract: Background/Objectives: To assess overall and type-specific HPV vaccine effectiveness in central and eastern Europe (CEE), the age-stratified prevalence of cervical HPV infection was determined among Slovenian women aged 20 to 64 attending a cervical cancer screening program 14 years after implementation of a national HPV vaccination program, which was then compared with 2009-2010 pre-vaccination data using the same methodological approach. Methods: Cervical samples of 4419 women were tested in 2023-2025 using the clinically validated Alinity m HR HPV Assay, and individual HPV types were determined by the Allplex HPV HR Detection assay. Results were compared with 2009-2010 pre-vaccination data generated using the same assay on an age-range matched cohort of women. Results: The overall prevalence of the 14 Alinity-targeted HPV types was 10.0% in 2023-2025 versus 13.3% in 2009-2010 (p < 0.001). HPV16 prevalence declined from 3.5% to 1.5% (p < 0.001), and HPV18 prevalence from 1.1% to 0.5% (p = 0.005). In women aged 20 to 24 with 40% uptake of quadrivalent HPV vaccine, overall HPV prevalence dropped from 25.3% to 12.8% (p < 0.001). No single case of HPV16/HPV18 infection was detected among vaccinated women. Conclusions: The first large-scale, systematic, and methodologically consistent study of HPV vaccine effectiveness in CEE showed a substantial reduction in high-risk HPV prevalence after implementation of the national program, with the greatest decline among women aged 20 to 24, who harbored the highest HPV burden in the pre-vaccination era. These locally acquired data will considerably inform public health strategies on cervical cancer elimination in CEE.
Keywords: HPV, Slovenia, central ane eastern Europe, cervical cancer, prevalence, screening, vaccination
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2. Priporočila za obravnavo bolnic z rakom jajčnikov, jajcevodov in s primarnim peritonealnim seroznim rakom v SlovenijiNina Kovačević, Barbara Šegedin, Sebastjan Merlo, Sonja Bebar, Ana Blatnik, Andrej Cokan, Branko Cvjetičanin, Nina Fokter Dovnik, Barbara Gazić, Biljana Grčar-Kuzmanov, Brigita Gregorič, Matej Horvat, Vid Janša, Jure Knez, Borut Kobal, Manja Šešek, Mateja Krajc, Maja Krajec, Mateja Lasič Pecev, Srdjan Novaković, Maja Pakiž, Maja Ravnik, Špela Smrkolj, Ksenija Strojnik, Erik Škof, Iztok Takač, Gregor Vivod, Vesna Zadnik, Helena Barbara Zobec Logar, 2022, professional article Keywords: rak (medicina), ginekološki raki, ginekologija, onkologija, epidemiologija, histopatologija, preživetje, diagnostika, zdravljenje, kirurgija
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3. Programske smernice Državnega programa ZORAUrška Ivanuš, Edita Arh, Sonja Bebar, Branko Cvjetičanin, Dušan Deisinger, Mojca Florjančič, Aljoša Frelih, Urška Gašper, Biljana Grčar-Kuzmanov, Nina Jančar, Tine Jerman, Kaja Kališnik, Silvestra Kašnik-Čas, Veronika Kloboves-Prevodnik, Borut Kobal, Amela Duratović Konjević, Jerneja Kos, Gabrijela Kupljen, Mateja Lasič Pecev, Mateja Marčec, Leon Meglič, Sebastjan Merlo, Marko Mlinarič, Nataša Nolde, Irena Oblak, Maja Pakiž, Boštjan Pirš, Ana Pogačnik, Maja Primic-Žakelj, Alenka Repše-Fokter, Luka Roškar, Uršula Salobir Gajšek, Špela Sitar, Špela Smrkolj, Vivijana Snoj, Margareta Strojan Fležar, Tadeja Štrumbelj, Iztok Takač, Renata Toff-Jovan, Tomaž Tušek, Andreja Uštar, 2022, professional monograph Keywords: predrakave spremembe, zgodnja diagnostika, presejanje, presejalni programi, nacionalni programi, postopki, elektronske knjige
Published in DiRROS: 10.03.2022; Views: 2334; Downloads: 1329
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