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Published on in Vol 15 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/86397, first published .
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Evaluation of the Efficacy of Human Papillomavirus Screening Compared With Cytology Screening in Pregnant Women: Protocol for a Prospective Multicenter Trial

Evaluation of the Efficacy of Human Papillomavirus Screening Compared With Cytology Screening in Pregnant Women: Protocol for a Prospective Multicenter Trial

Risa Matsunaga   1 , MD ;   Jun Tamura   2 , PhD ;   Kouji Yamamoto   2 , PhD ;   Kotaro Senuki   3 , MSc ;   Reo Tanoshima   4 , MD, PhD ;   Etsuko Miyagi   1 , MD, PhD ;   Taichi Mizushima   1 , MD, PhD

1 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

2 Department of Biostatistics, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

3 YCU Center for Novel and Exploratory Clinical Trials, Yokohama City University Hospital, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

4 Department of Health Data Science, Graduate School of Data Science, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Corresponding Author:

  • Taichi Mizushima, MD, PhD
  • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine
  • 3-9 Fukuura, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama
  • Yokohama, Kanagawa 236-0004
  • Japan
  • Phone: 81 0457872691
  • Fax: 81 0457013536
  • Email: tmizushi@yokohama-cu.ac.jp