This prospective study evaluated the accuracy of non-invasive preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidy (niPGT-A) using cell-free DNA in spent culture medium, as well as that of preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidy (PGT-A) using trophectoderm (TE) biopsy after culturing beyond implantation. Twenty frozen blastocysts donated by 12 patients who underwent IVF at our institution were investigated. Of these, 10 were frozen on day 5 and 10 on day 6. Spent culture medium and TE cells were collected from each blastocyst after thawing, and the embryos were cultured in vitro for up to 10 days. The outgrowths after culturing beyond implantation were sampled and subjected to chromosome analysis using next-generation sequencing. Chromosomal concordance rate, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), negative predictive value (NPV), false-positive rate (FPR), and false-negative rate (FNR) of niPGT-A and PGT-A against each outgrowth were analyzed. The concordance rate between the niPGT-A and outgrowth samples was 9/16 (56.3%), and the concordance rate between the PGT-A and outgrowth samples was 7/16 (43.8%). NiPGT-A exhibited 100% sensitivity, 87.5% specificity, 88.9% PPV, 100% NPV, 12.5% FPR, and 0% FNR. PGT-A exhibited 87.5% sensitivity, 77.8% specificity, 87.5% PPV, 75% NPV, 14.3% FPR, and 22.2% FNR. NiPGT-A may be more accurate than PGT-A in terms of ploidy diagnostic accuracy in outgrowths.
Objective:
Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination was introduced in Japan in
April 2013, as a national immunization program for girls aged 12–16 years, after an
initial introduction in 2010 as a public-aid program for girls aged 13–16 years. The
Yuri-Honjo district had the highest vaccine coverage among women aged 17–51 years in 2017,
due to the original public-aid program. The aim of this study was to evaluate the
differences in the vaccine types of HPV16/18 infections between 2008–2012 (pre-vaccine
era) and 2013–2017 (vaccine era).
Materials and Methods:
We evaluated whether HPV vaccination was associated
with a decrease in the prevalence of HPV16/18 and high-risk HPV and the incidence of
HPV-associated cervical lesions. A total of 1,342 women aged 18–49 years, covering both
the pre-vaccine and vaccine eras, who visited Yuri Kumiai General Hospital and underwent
HPV genotype tests from June 2008 to December 2017 were compared.
Results:
Among women aged 18–24 years with higher vaccine coverage (68.2%),
the prevalence of HPV16/18 and high-risk HPV decreased from 36.7% and 69.4%, respectively,
in the pre-vaccine era to 5.8% and 50.0%, respectively, in the vaccine era (p=0.00013 and
p=0.047, respectively). Among those with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 2− and
grade 2+, HPV16/18 prevalence decreased from 30.0% to 2.7% (p=0.0018) and from 81.8% to
36.4% (p=0.030), respectively. In this age group, the rate of HPV16/18 positivity
decreased significantly. Among age groups with lower vaccine coverage, HPV prevalence did
not significantly differ between the two eras.
Conclusion:
The prevalence of HPV16/18 and high-risk HPV significantly
decreased in women aged 18–24 years, most of whom were vaccinated. HPV vaccination
effectively reduced the prevalence of HPV16/18 infections in the Yuri-Honjo district.
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Although cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) lesions are considered to be not randomly distributed across the cervix, but predominantly in the anterior wall, the clinicopathological etiology remains unknown. Herein, we aimed to elucidate the relationship between quantitatively measured area of CIN2/3 and cervical cancer associated factors by retrospective cohort study. We analyzed 235 consecutive therapeutic conization specimens dissected as a single intact section to determine CIN2/3 area and its correlation with both clinical risk factors including human papillomavirus (HPV) status (single or multiple infection) and uterine position defined by transvaginal ultrasound. Cervical wall was classified into three groups: anterior: (11, 12, 1, and 2 o'clock), posterior (5, 6, 7, and 8 o'clock) and lateral (3, 4, 9, and 10 o'clock). Multiple regression revealed that younger age and HPV16 status were significantly correlated with CIN2/3 area (p = 0.0224 and p = 0.0075, respectively).The Jonckheere-Terpstra test showed a significant trend: CIN2/3 area was highest in the single HPV16 group, followed by the multiple HPV16 group and the non-HPV16 group (p < 0.0001). CIN2/3 area in the anterior wall was statistically significantly larger than the posterior and lateral wall (p = 0.0059 and p = 0.0107, respectively). CIN2/3 area in the anterior wall was significantly greater with anteversion-anteflexion than retroversion-retroflexion (p = 0.0485), whereas CIN2/3 area in the posterior wall was significantly larger with retroversion-retroflexion than anteversion-anteflexion (p = 0.0394). In conclusion, the topographical distribution of CIN2/3 area is closely associated with patient age, high-risk HPV status, especially single HPV16 infection and uterine position.
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