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1494802

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-3-10
pubmed:abstractText
The authors report on the quality control for colposcopy adopted in the Florence District screening program. The sensitivity of colposcopy was determined on all cases of CIN III recorded in the local cancer registry in a four-year period. However although this showed that a centralized colposcopic clinic employing a limited number of expert operators is superior to the performance of colposcopy in private practice, such a parameter was impractical for further routine quality control since differences among operators were too small and statistically insignificant. Other parameters for quality control were chosen, namely a) the rate of colposcopically directed biopsies performed, b) the detection rate of CIN II or more severe lesions, and c) the positive predictive value of a directed biopsy for CIN II or more severe lesions. Analysis of these indicators after stratification by cytologic report allows the identification of those operators who need additional training and provides useful information for colposcopists to optimize their diagnostic and operative criteria.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0300-8916
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
31
pubmed:volume
78
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
291-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-12-12
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Quality control for colposcopy in the Florence screening program for cervical cancer.
pubmed:affiliation
Centro per lo Studio e la Prevenzione Oncologica, Florence, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article