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Worldwide burden of cervical cancer in 2008.
infection is the main cause of cervical cancer has resulted in the development of assays that detect nucleic acids of the virus and prophylactic vaccines. Up-to-date and reliable data are needed to assess ...
Signs for early diagnosis of heart failure in primary health care.
suspected for the first time, were registered. When diagnosed, HF was confirmed after 1 month. RESULTS: 754 patients with a suspicion of HF were recorded. The diagnosis of HF was confirmed for 74% of the ...
Cytological screening for cervical cancer in the province of Limburg, Belgium.
cytology registry was set up in collaboration with local cytopathological laboratories, provincial health authorities and the Limburg Cancer Registry. Laboratories regularly communicated coded results of Pap ...
Introduction of human papillomavirus vaccination in Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.
contacted to provide information on the decision-making process concerning the introduction of HPV vaccine. Sales statistics were obtained from Intercontinental Marketing Services. RESULTS: Advisory boards in ...
Immediate colposcopy referral in women with low-grade abnormal results on cervical cytology detects more CIN2 or worse lesions than cytological surveillance in primary care, but might lead to overtreatment.
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: M. Arbyn; Martin-Hirsch, Pierre; Buntinx, Frank Source: Evid Based Med, Volume 15, Issue 1, p.13-4 (2010) Health Topics: Quality of healthcare Category: A1 FOS Classification: 3.03 Health scie ...
The incidence and first-year mortality of heart failure in Belgium: a 2-year nationwide prospective registration.
All adult patients for whom, for the first time the diagnosis of HF was clinically suspected were registered. Patients were finally included if the diagnosis of HF was confirmed after 1 month. RESULTS ...
International agreement to join forces in synthesizing evidence on new methods for cervical cancer prevention.
Topic Papillomavirus Infections Precancerous Conditions Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic risk Societies, Medical Uterine Cervical Neoplasms Abstract: Recently published baseline results of randomised ...
Triage of women with equivocal or low-grade cervical cytology results: a meta-analysis of the HPV test positivity rate.
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: M. Arbyn; Martin-Hirsch, Pierre; Buntinx, Frank; Van Ranst, Marc; Paraskevaidis, Evangelos; Dillner, Joakim Source: J Cell Mol Med, Volume 13, Issue 4, p.648-59 (2009) Keywords: ADOLESCENT Adult ...
Description of cervical cancer mortality in Belgium using Bayesian age-period-cohort models.
the separate effects of age, period and cohort. RESULTS: The corrected age standardized mortality rate (ASMR) decreased regularly from 9.2/100 000 in the mid 1950s to 2.5/100,000 in the late 1990s. ...
Prevaccination distribution of human papillomavirus types in women attending at cervical cancer screening in Belgium.
HPV infection with age, geographic area, and occurrence of cytologic lesions were assessed. RESULTS: The prevalence of cytologic abnormalities was atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance ...