Some Ob.Gyns. and Other Providers Misuse Low-Risk HPV Tests

Some Ob.Gyns. and Other Providers Misuse Low-Risk HPV Tests: Approximately one-third of health care providers conduct unnecessary low-risk HPV testing, based on results of a survey of 376 office-based health care providers and 216 outpatient clinics. A high-risk human papillomavirus DNA test, which detects cancer-causing HPV types, is generally used for screening and managing women with abnormal Pap test results, but there are no clinical recommendations for use of a low-risk HPV DNA test that detects five nononcogenic HPV types.