Journal of Medical Screening articles from December 2003

Journal of Medical Screening archives from December 2003

How frequently should cervical screening be conducted--important new evidence.(Editorial)(Editorial)
December 22, 2003... J Med Screen 2003;10:159-160 It is accepted that Pap smear screening has greatly reduced mortality from cervical cancer. The evidence for efficacy is based mainly on a decline in incidence of cervical cancer documented following the...

Is there a case for hepatitis C infection screening in the antenatal period?(Review)
December 22, 2003... Based on research evidence the UK National Screening Committee recently recommended that routine antenatal screening for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection should not be introduced into the UK antenatal screening programme. In this paper we...

A pilot study of 'fast track' antenatal screening for haemoglobinopathies.(Short Report)
December 22, 2003... The NHS Plan launched in 2000 advocated a linked antenatal and neonatal screening programme for haemoglobinopathies. Currently screening practices vary widely across the UK and patient sampling is generally performed in a hospital setting. The...

Testing for toxoplasmosis in pregnancy: a study of the routines in primary antenatal care.(Original Paper)
December 22, 2003... Objectives: The question of benefit of screening for antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii in pregnancy to prevent impairment in the infant has not been settled. Despite this, it is believed that such testing is common. The aim of this study was...

The quality of routine examinations of the newborn performed by midwives and SHOs; an evaluation using video recordings.(Original Paper)
December 22, 2003... Objective: To evaluate the quality of the routine examination of the newborn as carried out by senior house officers (SHOs) and midwives. Design: Randomised controlled trial set in a district general hospital in Southeast England. Eligible...

Neonatal birth parameters of positive newborns at PKU screening as predictors of false-positive and positive results at recall-testing.(Original Paper)
December 22, 2003... Objectives: To investigate the predictive role that neonatal birth parameters of positive newborns at phenylketonuria (PKU) screening have on false-positive and positive results. We reviewed 195 newborns (115 males and 80 females) that had...

Health authority cervical screening recall policies and time since last smear: a retrospective cohort analysis in the North West of England.(Original Paper)
December 22, 2003... Objectives: To evaluate the impact of health authority cervical screening programmes upon the actual screening interval for women attending as a result of routine recall and to assess the impact of general practice recall policies on attendance...

The burden of prevention: downstream consequences of Pap smear testing in the elderly.(Original Paper)
December 22, 2003... Context: Although cervical cancer is an unusual cause of death among women 65 and older, most elderly women in the US report continuing to undergo periodic Pap smear screening. Objective: To describe the incidence of Pap smears and...

Risk of invasive cervical cancer after three consecutive negative Pap smears.(Original Paper)
December 22, 2003... Objectives: To determine the factors that influence risk of cervical cancer after three consecutive negative Pap smears. Methods: A cohort study was conducted using data from the British Columbia Cervical Cancer Screening Program and...

An assessment of smear taker training in the Northern & Yorkshire Cervical Screening Programme.(Original Paper)
December 22, 2003... Objective: To assess the impact of a regional smear taker training scheme within the Northern and Yorkshire Cervical Screening Programme. Design: An analysis of cervical screening KC activity returns to the Department of Health before and...

Screening for liver cancer: results of a randomised controlled trial in Qidong, China.(Original Paper)
December 22, 2003... Objectives: To investigate the effectiveness of screening for liver cancer in reducing mortality from the disease in a high-risk population in China. Setting: A randomised controlled trial was carried out among men aged 30-69 who were...

British Chief Medical Officer recommendations for genital chlamydial infection screening may not be applicable outside the UK.(Letter to the Editor)
December 22, 2003... J Med Screen 2003; 10:210-211 In a recent issue of the Journal of Medical Screening, Verhoeven et al. present their findings from a screening trial for Chlamydia trachomatis among women attending 32 general practitioners in Antwerp,...

UK Health Technology Assessment (HTA) programme.
December 22, 2003... J Med Screen 2003; 10:211-212 The HTA web site (http://www.ncchta.org) contains executive summaries and full text versions (in Adobe Acrobat format) of published monographs. Printed copies of HTA monographs now cost [pounds sterling]20...