Tag: colposcopy

Evaluating multiple diagnostic tests: An application to cervical cancer

Areti Angeliki Veroniki, Sofia Tsokani, Evangelos Paraskevaidis, Dimitris Mavridis

Systematic Reviews of diagnostic test accuracy (DTA) studies are increasingly comparing the accuracy of multiple tests to facilitate selection of the best performing test(s). Common approaches to compare multiple tests include multiple meta-analyses or meta-regression with the test type as a covariate. Within-study correlation between tests are typically not considered in these approaches. Several DTA network meta-analysis (DTA-NMA) …

Dynamic spectral imaging colposcopy

Sofoudis Chrisostomos, Salakos Nikolaos

cervical cancer is the most common cause of death from gynecological cancer in developing countries, with a mortality rate ten times higher than that in developed countries. It represents the third most common cancer in women after breast and colorectal cancer, with 528,000 estimated cases in 2012, 84% of these in less developed countries …

Abnormal cytologic findings during pregnancy

Michail Georgios, Androutsopoulos Georgios, Georgantis Apostolos, Adonakis Georgios, Decavalas Georgios

Our aim was the illustration of the controversies that occur during pregnancy related to the mode of obtaining and interpreting a cervical smear, specific colposcopic features, as well as the approach of diagnosing, following- up and treatment, based on the findings of the Papanicolaou smear. A review of the literature as well as the updated American Society of Colposcopy …