Cervical cancer screening strategies in women 65 years and older in the human papillomavirus era: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of human papillomavirus–based testing and self‐sampling approaches

Key Points

• Evaluate cervical cancer screening strategies for women 65 years and older using HPV-based methods.
• Conducted a systematic review of literature
• Performed meta-analysis on HPV-based testing
• Analyzed self-sampling approaches
• Focused on outcomes in women aged 65 and older
• HPV-based strategies improved screening coverage in older women
• Self-sampling approaches facilitated better detection of diseases
• Targeted testing revealed clinically relevant findings