About the Authors
- Louiza S. Velentzis
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* E-mail: louizav@nswcc.org.au
Affiliation Cancer Research Division, Cancer Council NSW, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Emily Banks
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Affiliation National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Research School of Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia
- Freddy Sitas
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Affiliation School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Usha Salagame
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Affiliation Cancer Research Division, Cancer Council NSW, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Eng Hooi Tan
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Affiliation Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
- Karen Canfell
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Affiliations Cancer Research Division, Cancer Council NSW, Sydney, NSW, Australia, School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Competing Interests
KC and EB receive salary support from the National Health and Medical Research Council. KC is co-PI of a trial of HPV-based cervical screening in Australia conducted by the Victorian Cytology Service, a government-funded health promotion charity; the VCS has received a funding contribution for the trial from Roche Medical Systems and Ventana Inc., USA. This unrelated work does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. LSV, FS, EHT and US have no competing interests to declare.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: KC LSV. Performed the experiments: LSV. Analyzed the data: LSV EHT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: US. Wrote the paper: LSV KC. Critically reviewed the paper: EB FS US EHT.