Is it possible to use PreTect HPV-Proofer now?
Some people claim that diagnostic tests should go through randomised trials to establish the accuracy of the tests. This shows a lack of understanding of what a diagnostic test is compared to drugs or vaccines. Diagnostic tests have to document that they give correct answers to the question asked. Nobody will insist that a new blood pressure instrument should undergo studies lasting several years to assess whether high blood pressure measured with this instrument is dangerous? This perception is shared by international experts on infection medicine and also supported in evidence based medicine (Sackett et al, BMJ 1996; 312; 71-72): “To find out about the accuracy of a diagnostic test, we need to find proper cross sectional studies of patients clinically suspected of harbouring the relevant disorder, not a randomised trial.” More than 10 clinical studies have been performed on PreTect HPV-Proofer all showing that PreTect HPV-Proofer finds the relevant disorder, the expression of HPV onc
