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Article History

Received: 4 September 2024

Accepted: 16 January 2025

First Online: 25 February 2025

Declarations

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: Individuals gave written informed consent to take part in the study, including consent for follow-up through repeated data collection and linkage of their data to population health databases. Ethical approval for the conduct of the 45 and Up Study was provided by the University of New South Wales Human Research Ethics Committee. Ethical approval for this research project was provided by the NSW Population and Health Services Research Ethics Committee (12/CIPHS/31) and the Australian National University Human Research Ethics Committee (2012/504, 2019/022).The National Cause of Death Unit Record Files used in this study are de-identified data provided by the Queensland Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, which is the Australian Coordinating Registry for unit-record level data. The cause of death data provided by AIHW does not contain identifiers such as name, address or other data fields that in isolation can identify an individual. Informed consent is not applicable for these data.

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: KC is co-principal investigator of an unrelated investigator-initiated trial of cervical screening in Australia (Compass; ACTRN12613001207707 and NCT02328872), which is conducted and funded by the VCS Foundation. The VCS Foundation received equipment and a funding contribution from Roche Molecular Systems USA. However, neither KC nor her institution on her behalf (Cancer Council NSW) receives direct funding from industry for this trial or any other project. KC is also co-PI on a major implementation program Elimination of Cervical Cancer in the Western Pacific which has received support from the Minderoo Foundation and equipment donations from Cepheid Inc. EB reports grants from NHMRC, during the conduct of the study.