Cervical screening

A Q may be administered to females from 9 years onwards B Q eliminates the need for routine cervical screening C is administered by intramuscular injection as a single dose D is a bivalent vaccine... 

Gardasil is a quadrivalent vaccine of the human papilloma virus (type 6, 11, 16, 18). It is used for the prevention of cervical cancer and other pre-cancerous lesions. It should be given early in a female s sexual life and it is licensed for use in females between 9 and 26 years of age. Administration is by intramuscular injection and three doses are required. Because the vaccine does not protect against all the strains of the virus, cervical screening is still required. Duration of protection after a complete course is... 

At the same time as Kamentsky s work on cervical screening,... 

Womack C, Warren AY (1998) The cervical screening muddle. Lancet 351 1129... 

There are many methods of cervical screening, among them those based on electrical properties of tissue are known by its high specificity and sensitivity [7]. 

P. Sasieni, A. Castanon and J. Cuzick. (2009) Effectiveness of cervical screening with age population based case-control study of prospectively recorded data. British Medical Journal,3 9 b2968. 

The ThinPrep Pap Test is a replacement for conventional method of Pap smear preparation for screening of cervical cancer and its precursor lesions. 

Islander women have the lowest screening rates for cervical cancer cervical cancer rates for Vietnamese women are the highest among all groups, nearly five times the rates of white women (Mayberry, 1999). 

A series of DCE-based formulations containing Igepal CO-630 Special (N9) and dextran sulfate (DS) were evaluated for in vitro contraceptive testing. Also included in the screening tests were placebos, N9, two commercial spermicidal products (Conceptrol and KY Plus), vaginal moisturizer products (KY Jelly and Replens ), and saline. Test results are summarized in Table 6. The N9-containing products exhibited similar spermicidal activity, as illustrated by the minimum effective concentration (MEC). Samples without N9 did not have spermicidal activity. DCE placebo vehicle inhibits sperm penetration into the cervical mucus, illustrated by the very low MOET values after 1 10 and 1 160 dilutions. This activity has not been reported for anionic or nonionic polymer vehicles. There are no striking differences... 

Herrington, C. S, de Angelis, M L, Evans, M F, Troncone, G., McGee, J O D. (1992) Detection of high risk human papillomavirus m routine cervical smears, strategy for screening J. Clin Pathol 45, 385—390... 

Treating nicotine and tobacco dependence can prevent a variety of costly chronic diseases, including heart disease, cancer, and chronic lung disease. It is estimated that smoking cessation efforts are more cost effective than other commonly provided preventive services such as screening for breast, colon, and cervical cancer, treatment of mildly elevated blood pressure, and treatment of high cholesterol. 

For the analysis of exfoliated cells (such as an automated Pap test for cervical cancer screening), the ability to collect the spectrum of each individual cell separately by mapping methods is even more important, since statistical analysis... 

Wood, B. R., Quinn, M. A., Tait, B., Hislop, T. and Romeo, M. (1998) FUR microspec-troscopic study of cell types and potential confounding cells in screening for cervical malignancies. Biospectroscopy 4, 75-91. 

Kulasingam SL, Hughes JP, Kiviat NB, Mao C, Weiss NS, Kuypers JM, et al. Evaluation of human papfilo-mavirus testing in primary screening for cervical abnormalities comparison of sensitivity, specificity, and frequency of referral. JAMA 2002 288 1749-57. 

Advice on screening for breast cancer and cervical cancer. 

Prefeasibility Work on a Voucher Scheme for Cervical Cancer Screening... 

Aims of voucher scheme Increase the uptake of screening among poor and high-risk women, improve quality of cervical cytology, ensure follow-up and effective treatment of precancerous lesions. 

Poor women and those at high risk of cervical cancer are missed, while younger and better-off women are screened more often than necessary. 

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