Title: Analytical and clinical performance of OncoPredict HPV Screening (SCR) assay on self-collected vaginal and urine specimens within the VALHUDES Framework
Authors: Chiara Giubbia, Marianna Martinellia, Ardashel Latsuzbaiab, Kate Cuschieric,d, Hana Elasiferc,d, Anna Daniela Iacobonee, Fabio Bottarif, Andrea Fausto Pianag, Roberto Pietrih, Giancarlo Tisii, Franco Odicinoi, Marc Arbynb,l, Clementina Elvezia Cocuzzaa,*, European VALHUDES working group
Chiara Giubbi and Marianna Martinelli contributed equally to this work.
a School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
b Unit of Cancer Epidemiology, Belgian Cancer Centre, Sciensano, Brussels, Belgium
c Scottish HPV Reference Laboratory, Dept of Lab Medicine Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, NHS Lothian, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
d HPV Research Group, Centre for Reproductive Health, University of Edinburgh
e Preventive Gynecology Unit, European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, Milan, Italy
f General Clinical Laboratory with Specialized Areas Clinical Pathology – Microbiology and Virology, European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, Milan, Italy
g Department of Medicine, Surgery and Pharmacy, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy
h U.O. Coordinamento Consultori Familiari, ASSL Sassari – ATS Sardegna, Sassari, Italy
i Gynecologic and Obstetrical Division, University of Brescia-Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
l Department of Human Structure and Repair, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
Corresponding author: Clementina Elvezia Cocuzza, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy, email: clementina.cocuzza@unimib.it