Publications

The ACPCC’s research team (in collaboration with our key partners) continues to undertake research and evaluation of public health activities supporting cervical cancer elimination in Australia and internationally, with outcomes published in peer-reviewed journals and health-care focussed articles.

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Clinical validation of the Roche cobas and cobas 4800 HPV tests on self-collected vaginal dry swabs vs practitioner-collected cervical specimens using the VALHUDES protocol

Authors: Hawkes, D Gurung, D. Pineda, E. Lee, A

Journal of Molecular Diagnostics

Primary cervical screening using a universal offer of human papillomavirus self-testing versus usual care in Aotearoa New Zealand: a cluster-randomised, non-inferiority trial

Authors: Lawton, Bev Gibson, Melanie Slater, Tania Parag, Varsha

The Lancet Obstetrics, Gynaecology, & Women's Health

Implementing HPV self-collection: a scoping review of facilitators and strategies among Indigenous women and people with a cervix

Authors: Mitchell, L Wong, D Butler, T Brotherton, J

BMC Public Health (2026).

Uptake and performance of self-collection offered through primary care to all eligible participants in a national cervical screening programme in Australia: a retrospective cohort study

Authors: Sultana, Farhana Smith, Megan Saville, Marion Bateson, Deborah

The Lancet Public Health, Vol 11, 2, e101-e110

Optimising management of women with HPV (not 16/18): Findings from a national HPV screening program

Authors: Nisha M Liang YL Bateson D Saville M

Gynecologic Oncology, Volume 204, 2026, Pages 133-142

The acceptability, safety, and performance of primary cervical screening through self-collected vaginal samples in an urban teaching hospital antenatal clinic setting

Authors: Saville, M Hawkes, D Khoo, SP Bouniu, JJ

PLOS Global Public Health

Cervical screening approach of self-collection, point-of-care HPV testing, and same-day colposcopy among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in remote Western Australia (the PREVENT Project): an implementation study

Authors: Powell. A Anderson, L Brotherton, JML Butler, T

The Lancet Public Health

HPV42: A Common Low-Risk HPV Type Associated With Distinctive Cervicovaginal and Cutaneous Neoplasia

Authors: Talia, Karen L. Hawkes, David Zhang, Gloria Jamison, Jackie

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Clinical validation of the Roche cobas HPV test on the Roche cobas 6800 system for the purpose of cervical screening and qualification as a second-generation comparator test

Authors: Keung, Marco Ho Ting Mehta, Nikita Lynn, Elliot Pineda, Eunice

Journal of Virological Methods

Factors influencing healthcare practitioners’ decision to offer (or not) the choice of self-collection cervical screening in general practice in Victoria, Australia

Authors: Creagh, N. Brotherton, J. Hocking, J. Karahalios, A.

Australian Journal for General Practitioners. Vol 54 2025

Exponential uptake of HPV self-collected cervical screening testing 2 years since universal availability in Victoria, Australia

Authors: Lee, Alvin Hawkes, David Sweeney, Daniel Wyatt, Kerryann

BMC Medicine, Vol 23, Issue 1 2025

Clinical Validation of a Vaginal Cervical Cancer Screening Self-Collection Method for At-Home Use: A Nonrandomized Clinical Trial.

Authors: Fitzpatrick MB, Behrens CM, Hibler K, Parsons C,

JAMA Netw Open. 2025 May 1;8(5):e2511081.

‘I Don’t Think There Is a One-Size-Fits-All’: A Qualitative Study Exploring Healthcare Professional and Service Provider Perspectives of Using Innovative Models of Cervical Screening to Improve Equitable Access to Self-Collection

Authors: Bavor, C. Saunders, T. Wolfe, M. Smith, M.A.

Cancer Med, 14: e70981.

Criteria for second generation comparator tests in validation of novel HPV DNA tests for use in cervical cancer screening

Authors: Arbyn, Marc Cuschieri, Kate Bonde, Jesper Schuurman, Rob

Journal of Medical Virology, Vol 96, Issue 9, 2024

Correlates of intention-to-attend and confirmed cervical screening attendance during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia: Findings from Compass-PLUS, a prospective cohort study

Authors: Louiza S. Velentzis Sam Egger Jo Waller Chloe J. Jennett

Preventive Medicine Reports, Vol 45, 2024

Evaluation of Seegene Anyplex II Performance for Detection of Human Papillomavirus Genotypes in Formalin-Fixed, Paraffin-Embedded Cervical Cancer Specimens.

Authors: Haqshenas G Molano M Phillips S Balgovind P

Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2024 Mar 1;148(3):353-358. doi: 10.5858/arpa.2022-0317-OA.

Participation in the national cervical screening programme among women from New South Wales, Australia, by place of birth and time since immigration: A data linkage analysis using the 45 and up study.

Authors: Yuill S Egger S Smith MA Velentzis L

J Med Screen. 2024 Mar;31(1):35-45. doi: 10.1177/09691413231184334

From commitments to action: the first global cervical cancer elimination forum.

Authors: Almonte M Ilbawi AM Maza M Saville M

Lancet Reg Health Am. 2024 Jun 12;36:100812. doi: 10.1016/j.lana.2024.100812.

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