To: Sigmund who wrote (981 ) 1/7/1998 3:54:00 PM From: Frank Buck Read Replies (1) | Respond to
Sigmund and Others,(non-Company issued) information. Here is a link that goes right to the experts in the field.blackwell-science.com abstract of a text that has been published from an "amalgamation of published papers on HPV". The condensing of these papers (published by internationally-regarded experts) into a book format makes it a very comprehensive read. Not to mention a "one-stop-shop". section titles that I thought were of interest (for-our-purposes) are reproduced below. The highlighted aspects (bold/italicized) should provide valuable insight. I am confident a local library can obtain the text (if a medical-library is not available to you).New Developments in Cervical Cancer Screening and Prevention EUROGIN (European Research Organisation on Genital Infection and Neoplasia) brings together clinicians and scientists who work on genital infections and their relationship to cancer. The aim is to promote and develop research, training, screening, prevention and information on genital infections, precancers and cancers in women.The final - and most important - part of the book lists the guidelines developed by the experts for cervical cancer the reason the meeting was held. Sixty papers presented at the EUROGIN meeting, covering the whole Contents Statistical Issues in Studies of Human Papillomavirus Infection and The Epidemiological Basis for Evaluating Screening Policies Section 4: Screening Programmes: Results and Expectations Screening for Cervical Cancer: Experience of the Nordic Countries Implementation and Evaluation of Cervical Cancer Screening Programmes in the European Union Spontaneous Screening: Benefits and Limitations Is Cervical Cancer Cytological Screening Valuable in Developing Screening in Cervical Cancer Prevention in Porto Alegre, Brazil: The Experience of a Programme in a Developing Country Section 5: Automation in Cytology: Automation and Cervical Cytopathology: An Overview Automation in Cervicovaginal Cytology: System Requirements and Benefits Automated Screening using the AutoPap 300 Device Liquid-based Cytology: Comparison of ThinPrep 2000 with Conventionally Prepared Pap Smears The History of Neural Network Technology in Cytology A Comparison of Automated and Manual Screening: Theoretical Cooperation of the Image Analyser and the Cytologist Advantages and Limitations of Automated Screening Systems in Developing and Developed Countries Section 6: Human Papillomavirus Testing for Primary Cervical Cancer Screening Human Papillomavirus DNA Testing Using Liquid-based Cytology Use of Human Papillomavirus Tying for Quality Assurance of Cytological Diagnosis Estimates of the Cost Impact of Introducing Human Papillomavirus Testing into a Cervical Screening Programme Viral Load as a Surrogate for Persistence in Cervical Human Papillomavirus
