About the Authors

Karen Canfell

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Karen.Canfell@nswcc.org.au

Affiliations Cancer Research Division, Cancer Council New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, School of Public Health, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Prince of Wales Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Michael Caruana

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Cancer Research Division, Cancer Council New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Val Gebski

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Jessica Darlington-Brown

Roles Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Cancer Research Division, Cancer Council New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Stella Heley

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Victorian Cytology Service, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Julia Brotherton

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Victorian Cytology Service, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, School of Public Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Dorota Gertig

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Public Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Chloe J. Jennett

Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Cancer Research Division, Cancer Council New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Annabelle Farnsworth

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations School of Public Health, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Douglass Hanly Moir Pathology, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Jeffrey Tan

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Melbourne Medical School, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Department of Oncology & Dysplasia, Royal Women’s Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

C. David Wrede

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Melbourne Medical School, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Department of Oncology & Dysplasia, Royal Women’s Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Philip E. Castle

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Marion Saville

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Victorian Cytology Service, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Melbourne Medical School, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: KC is Co-PI of an investigator-initiated trial of cytology and primary HPV screening in Australia (‘Compass’), which is conducted and funded by the VCS Ltd, a government-funded health promotion charity. The VCS have received equipment and a funding contribution for the Compass trial from Roche Molecular Systems and Roche Tissue Diagnostics, AZ USA. However neither she nor her institution on her behalf (Cancer Council NSW) receives direct funding from industry for this trial or any other project. MS (Co-PI), JB, DG, SH, report that their institution, VCS Ltd, received equipment and funding from Roche Molecular Systems and Roche Tissue Diagnostics, AZ USA, during the conduct of the study. JDB, MC and CJJ (project coordinator, project statistician and senior research assistant) are on the Compass study team. Compass is conducted and funded by VCS Ltd, a government-funded health promotion charity. The VCS have received equipment and a funding contribution for the Compass trial from Roche Molecular Systems and Roche Tissue Diagnostics, AZ USA. However, neither JDB, MC and CJ nor their institution- CCNSW, receive direct funding from industry for this trial or any other project. PEC reports personal fees and non-financial support from Roche Molecular Systems, outside the submitted work. VG has no COIs to disclose. JT and CDW report that VCS Ltd has provided The Department of Oncology & Dysplasia at The Royal Women’s Hospital (RWH) monetary support to perform verification colposcopies. JT and CDW were paid to perform colposcopies on Compass participants at the standard public sessional rate, as specified by the RWH and the Victorian Senior Doctors EBA.