Advances in screening and early detection of ovarian cancer over the past decade have included novel interpretation of serum CA125, discovery of human epididymis protein 4, which has the potential…
New technologies for cervical cancer screening seek to provide an accurate, efficient and cost-effective way of identifying women at risk for cervical cancer. Current screening uses human papilloma virus DNA…
The need for simple, cost-effective screening approaches for cervical cancer prevention in low-resource countries has led to the evaluation of visual screening with 3–5% acetic acid. The low reproducibility and…
Cervical cancer has been largely eliminated in developed countries with the implementation of cytology-based screening programmes that depend on a call–recall system, followed by colposcopy and biopsy, treatment of precancerous…
Cervical cancer remains the most common cancer among women living in developing countries, largely because of the failure either to initiate or sustain effective cervical-cancer screening programmes. This potentially preventable…
Historically, the incidence and mortality of cervical cancer has declined in countries that have instituted and sustained mass-organised cytology-based screening programmes. These programmes, however, required frequent repeats of the screening…
Vulval squamous cell carcinoma is relatively rare; however, up to 20% of women have significant vulval symptoms during their lifetime. Formal screening programmes for vulval disease have not been established….
In this chapter, we summarise findings from recent cost-effectiveness analyses of screening for cervical cancer and ovarian cancer. We begin with a brief summary of key issues that affect the…
This edition of Best Practice & Research, Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology focuses on Screening for Gynaecological Cancers and the evidence that it either prevents disease or enables early detection and…
As a result of the trend toward late childbearing, fertility preservation has become a major issue in young women with gynaecological cancer. Fertility-sparing treatments have been successfully attempted in selected…
