Journal of Medical Screening articles from March 2002

Journal of Medical Screening archives from March 2002

The Medical Screening Society. (Editorial).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Launch of a new society For a number of years there has been a need to bring together the disparate groups involved in medical screening. To this end, we have now formed the Medical Screening Society. The Society will provide a forum for...

Revised estimates of the maternal age specific live birth prevalence of Down's syndrome. (Original Article).(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 2002... Objectives: To revise the estimates of maternal age specific live birth prevalence of Down's syndrome in the absence of antenatal screening and selective termination using newly available data. Setting and Design: Data were used from the...

Psychiatric morbidity and screening for colorectal cancer. (Original Article).
March 22, 2002... Background: Several studies have shown that faecal occult blood (FOB) screening reduces mortality from colorectal cancer. However, concern has been expressed that health screening may have adverse psychological effects, particularly for the...

Does individual programme size affect screening performance? Results from the United Kingdom NHS breast screening programme. (Original Article).
March 22, 2002... Objective: The size (number of women screened) of the 95 individual NHS breast screening programmes (NHSBSPs) varies by a factor of 10. This study investigates the impact of size on the performance of individual programmes. Method: Data...

An investigation into the effect of extending routine mammographic screening to older women in the United Kingdom on the time it takes to screen. (Original Article).
March 22, 2002... Objective: To compare the time it takes to screen women aged 65-69 with women age 50-64. Setting: Screening centres participating in the Department of Health funded demonstration study of extending breast screening to women aged 65-69. ...

Interval breast cancers in New South Wales, Australia, and comparisons with trials and other mammographic screening programmes. (Original Article).
March 22, 2002... Objective: To present information on 1st year interval breast cancer from the New South Wales mammographic screening programme and to compare with published results from trials and services. Setting: New South Wales data were derived from a...

Early cervical cancer rescreening. (Original Article).
March 22, 2002... Introduction: The extent of early cervical rescreening, defined as rescreening earlier than the recommended interval for a given initial test result, is difficult to determine mainly because the testing history of women is incomplete,...

A randomised trial of population screening for melanoma. (Original Article).
March 22, 2002... Objectives: Melanoma is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide and incidence is increasing. Survival after treatment is inversely related to the thickness of the tumour at diagnosis. Population screening has the potential to...

An interesting byproduct of screening: assessing the effect of HRT on arterial calcification in the female breast. (Short Report).(hormone replacement therapy)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Arterial calcification in the female breast (BAC) is a common but unreported finding on breast screening mammograms. Accumulating evidence suggests that BAC may have importance as a marker for generalised vascular disease. In this study, we...

Probabilities of progression of aortic aneurysms: estimates and implications for screening policy. (Short Report).
March 22, 2002... Background: Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm, and intervention with elective repair, can reduce the incidence of aneurysmal rupture by a half. If a screening programme is implemented, it is essential to determine appropriate follow up...

Assigning risk for Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome as part of 2nd trimester screening for Down's syndrome. (Short Report).
March 22, 2002... Objectives: To design a reliable model in the context of prenatal screening for assigning the risk in on individual pregnancy of Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome (SLOS) and assess its performance. Setting: A 2nd trimester screening programme for...

Congenital syphilis. (Screening Brief).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... THE DISORDER * Caused by congenital infection with Treponema pallidum. * Acquired (usually after the 18th week of pregnancy) from a mother with primary, secondary, or early latent syphilis. * Can lead to stillbirth, premature...

UK Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Programme.
March 22, 2002... The HTA web site (http:// www.ncchta.org) contains executive summaries and full text versions (in Adobe Acrobat format) of published monographs. Printed copies can be ordered either electronically from the HTA website Publications Page or...

Quantitative methods for the evaluation of cancer screening. (Book Review).
March 22, 2002... Edited by Stephen W Duffy, Catherine Hill, Jacques Esteve. London: Arnold, 2001. ISBN 0 340 74125 2 For those involved in evaluation of screening programmes, this book provides examples of quantitative methods used in breast, cervical, and...