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Cervical morbidity in Alsace, France: results from a regional organized cervical cancer screening program.
Cancer incidence rates were computed for the target population (truncated to 25-64 years) and were age standardized according to the world reference population. World standardized incidence rates for the ...
VALHUDES: A protocol for validation of human papillomavirus assays and collection devices for HPV testing on self-samples and urine samples
on matched clinician-taken samples. STUDY DESIGN: Five hundred enrolled women referred to a colposcopy clinic are invited to collect a first-void urine sample and one or more vaginal self-samples with ...
Palliative care service use by older people: Time trends from a mortality follow-back study between 2005 and 2014.
was initiated. RESULTS: General practitioners identified 5344 deaths. Overall, palliative care service use increased from 39% in 2005 to 63% in 2014 (p < 0.001). The use of a reference person for palliative ...
Accuracy of combinations of visual inspection using acetic acid or lugol iodine to detect cervical precancer: a meta-analysis.
Histology and colposcopy when no biopsy was taken were used as the reference standard. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS: Selected studies were scored on methodological quality, and sensitivity and specificity ...
ANOVA model for network meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy data.
indirect evidence from independent studies assessing the diagnostic accuracy of different tests for the same disease are referred to network meta-analysis. Network meta-analysis provides a unified inference ...
Performance of a Cartridge-Based Assay for Detection of Clinically Significant Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Infection: Lessons from VALGENT (Validation of HPV Genotyping Tests).
HPV were 98% and 97%, respectively. The kappa agreements for HPV16 and HPV18 /45 between the clinically validated reference test (GP5 +/6+ LMNX) and the Xpert HPV were 0.92 and 0.91, respectively. The ...
Direct comparison of two vaginal self-sampling devices for the detection of human papillomavirus infections.
colposcopies with collection of cervical reference specimens by gynaecologists using a broom-like device. Matched self-collected and physician collected specimens were transferred to ThinPrep medium and tested ...
Core Standards of the EUBIROD Project. Defining a European Diabetes Data Dictionary for Clinical Audit and Healthcare Delivery.
Keywords: Clinical Audit Delivery of Health Care Diabetes Mellitus Dictionaries as Topic Europe Humans Reference Standards Reproducibility of Results Abstract: BACKGROUND: A set of core diabetes indicators ...
Triage of ASC-H: A meta-analysis of the accuracy of high-risk HPV testing and other markers to detect cervical precancer.
squamous cells, cannot exclude high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (ASC-H) are usually immediately referred for colposcopy. However, triage may reduce the burden of the diagnostic workup and ...
VALGENT: A protocol for clinical validation of human papillomavirus assays.
sample selection and handling and integration with the global WHO reference laboratory network focusing on analytical accuracy, may result in the generation of an international standard and a formalized ...