Prepared by:
Research Triangle Institute/University of North Carolina
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Katherine E. Hartmann, M.D., Ph.D.
Susan A. Hall, M.S.
Kavita Nanda, M.D., M.H.S.
John F. Boggess, M.D.
Dennis Zolnoun, M.D.
File Name Description Software Version File Size _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 01front.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 38KB 5 pages Contents: Cover, Title Page, Preface _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 02conts.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 31KB 3 pages Contents: Table of Contents _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 03abstr.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 27KB 3 pages Contents: Abstract _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 04chap1.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 78KB 18 pages Contents: Chapter I. Introduction: Background, Uniform Terminology for Cervical Lesions, Burden of Suffering, Epidemiology, Screening Tools, Health Care Interventions, Prior Recommendations, Analytic Framework and Key Questions _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 05fig1.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 34KB 1 page Contents: Figure 1. Map of Cervical Cytology Classification Schemes _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 06fig2.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 66KB 1 page Contents: Figure 2. Screening for Cervical Cancer: Analytic Framework _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 07tbl1.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 30KB 1 page Contents: Table 1. Technical Characteristics of HPV Testing Methods _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 08tbl2.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 43KB 4 pages Contents: Table 2. Recommendations of Other Groups about Pap Smear for Cervical Cancer Screening _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 09chap2.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 42KB 10 pages Contents: Chapter II. Methods: Literature Search Strategy, Inclusion/Exclusion Criteria, Literature Reviewed, Screening of Articles, Literature Synthesis and Preparation of Systematic Evidence Review _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 10tbl3.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 26KB 1 page Contents: Table 3. Overall Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 11tbl4.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 28KB 1 page Contents: Table 4. Literature Search Results (1995-2000) _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 12tbl5.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 29KB 1 page Contents: Table 5. Disposition of Articles Identified by Literature Search _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 13chap3.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 141KB 30 pages Contents: Chapter III. Results: Key Question 1 (Screening Among Older Women and After Hysterectomy); Key Question 2 (New Technologies for Cytology); Key Question 3 (What is the Role of HPV Testing?) _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 14tbl6.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 35KB 1 page Contents: Table 6. Performance of ThinPrep® in a Prospective Cohort _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 15tbl7.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 33KB 1 page Contents: Table 7. Studies with Screening Uses of HPV Testing _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 16tbl8.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 60KB 1 page Contents: Table 8. Performance of Screening HPV Testing for Detection of High-grade Abnormalities _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 17tbl9.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 53KB 1 page Contents: Table 9. Performance of Screening HPV Testing for Detection of Low-grade or More Severe Abnormalities _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 18tbl10.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 32KB 1 page Contents: Table 10. HPV Testing Among Women with Abnormal Pap test Results _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 19tbl11.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 57KB 1 page Contents: Table 11. HPV Testing as a Triage Tool Among Women with an Abnormal Pap Test for Detection of HSIL _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 20chap4.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 48KB 8 pages Contents: Chapter IV. Discussion: Context, Major Findings and Limitations of the Literature, New Methods for Preparing or Evaluating Cervical Cytology, The Role of HPV Testing in Cervical Cancer Screening and Triage, Benefits and Harms, Future Research Needs _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 21refs.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 66KB 9 pages Contents: References _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 22appa.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 25KB 3 pages Contents: Appendix A. Acknowledgments _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 23appb-1.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 22KB 1 page Contents: Appendix B. Methods: Cover Page _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 24appb-2.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 38KB 1 page Contents: Appendix B. Methods: Article Screen & Abstract, Key Question 1A: Who should be screened for cervical cancer and how often? Specifically, what are the outcomes (benefits, harms, and costs) associated with screening among women age 65 and older? _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 25appb-3.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 35KB 1 page Contents: Appendix B. Methods: Article Screen & Abstract, Key Question 1B: Who should be screened for cervical cancer and how often? What are the outcomes (benefits, harms, and costs) associated with screening among women who have had a hysterectomy? _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 26appb-4.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 34KB 1 page Contents: Appendix B. Methods: Article Screen & Abstract, Key Question 2: Do new methods for preparing/evaluating cervical cytology improve diagnostic yield? _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 27appb-5.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 39KB 1 page Contents: Appendix B. Methods: Article Screen & Abstract, Key Question 3: What is the role of HPV testing in cervical cancer screening strategies? _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 28appc.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 445KB 58 pages Contents: Appendix C. Evidence Tables: Glossary of Terms; Evidence Table 1A. Screening Among Older Women; Evidence Table 1B. Pap Testing After Hysterectomy; Evidence Table 2. New Methods for Preparing or Evaluating Cervical Cytology; Evidence Table 3A. Performance of HPV Testing for Screening; Evidence Table 3B. Performance of HPV Testing for Triage _____________________________________________________________________________________________________
Current as of January 2002
Internet Citation:
Screening for Cervical Cancer. File Inventory, Systematic Evidence Review Number 25. January 2002. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/prev/crvcainv.htm
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