Inside Health 16/1/18: modelling HPV and cervical smears; BRAC mutations and breast cancer

HPV

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ijc.31094/full  modelling study
– ? how long the vaccine will work well for, longest studies 10 years http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.4161/hv.29532, http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/7/8/e015867, https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/cid/cix797/4283361?redirected
england currently https://www.gov.uk/guidance/cervical-screening-programme-overview

HPB pilots: colposcopy rates go up at least at first

Click to access Julia-Palmer-HPV-Colposcopy-BAC-ASM.pdf

https://www.bsccp.org.uk/assets/file/uploads/resources/NHSCSP_20_Colposcopy_and_Programme_Management_(3rd_Edition)_(2).pdffor those women who were referred to colposcopy, the positive predictive value for high-grade disease (CIN2+) varied from 9.1% to 30% between the six sites – satisfactory negative colposcopy examinations carried a high negative predictive value, with only 4.4% of these women diagnosed with CIN2+ over the following three years[50]

http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/6/12/e014356

BRAC and breast cancer survival

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1)http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-42648761

2)http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045(17)30891-4/fulltext#back-bib12

3)http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/14/opinion/my-medical-choice.html?_r=1&

4)http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045(17)30891-4/fulltext#back-bib12

5)http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0120189

 

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