Some Colposcopy links
Lifelinger http://www.lifelinger.net/menu/home.htm Arays LIFELINGER page
(In no particular order within rough sections)
- General Overview
- Organisations
- Diagnosis & Screening
- Treatment
- Management & Guidelines
- Medline Digital imaging colposcopy
- A Few Colposcopy books
- Some Internet References to Various Cancers
- Some Internet References to Endometrial Carcinoma Summaries
General Overview
Heterocopulative Syndrome: Clinico-Pathologic Correlation in 260 Cases , M Scarce, Int J Epidemiol 2002;31:498-9 http://www.asccp.org/journal.shtml and http://www.jlgtd.com/
Medceu Cervical Cancer http://www.medceu.com/tests/cervicalcancer.htm
Cervical Cancer Prevention Diagnosis and Therapeutics CA Cancer J Clin 2001;51:92-114, Mike F. Janicek, MD; Hervy E. Averette, MD
Colposcope. Samir fouad abdel aziz assist.professor al-azhar university
Colposcopy Today Prof. Aboubakr Elnashar Benha University Hospital. EGYPT
Introduction to Colposcopy. E.J. Mayeaux, Jr., M.D http://lib-sh.lsumc.edu/fammed/atlases/colpo.html
WHAT’S NEW IN CERVICAL DYSPLASIA – 1996 Thomas J. Zuber, M.D.
WHAT’S NEW IN CERVICAL DYSPLASIA – 2000 Thomas J. Zuber, M.D
Cervical cancer information, precancerous conditions of the cervix, prevention, symptoms, and cervical cancer treatment http://www.medicinenet.com/Cervical_Cancer/article.htm
Cervical ‘Pap’ Smears and Colposcopy http://www.colposcopy.org.uk/
CPAAINDIA recent cancer-related news http://www.cpaaindia.org/infocentre/clipping_cc.htm#3
Screening for Cervical Cancer: Recent Advances http://www.health.state.mn.us/htac/papupdate.htm
Cervical Cancer: Screening and Prevention of Invasive Disease http://www.moffitt.usf.edu/pubs/ccj/v2n6/article3.html
Summary minutes of the microbiology devices panel meeting open session, March 8, 2002, Gaithersburg Holiday Inn, Gaithersburg, MD http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/ac/02/minutes/3846m2.pdf
Screening for various cancers (from WHO) http://www.who.int/cancer/detection/variouscancer/en/
Organisations
JOURNAL OF LOWER GENITAL TRACT DISEASE http://www.asccp.org/journal.shtml
SOGC (The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada) http://sogc.medical.org/SOGCnet/index.html
British Society of Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology http://www.bsccp.org.uk
EBCOG (European Board and College of Obstetrics and Gynecology) http://www.ebcog.org/
EUROGIN (European Research Organization on Genital Infection and
Neoplasia) http://www.rcog.org.uk/ http://www.eurogin.com
European Association for Cancer Research http://www.eacr.org
European Society of Gynaecological Oncology (ESGO) http://www.who.ch
Federation of European Cancer Societies http:// www.fecs.be
http://www.pmpr.co.uk/clientsg.htm
http://www.digital-pathology.com
National Ovarian Cancer Coalition www.ovarian.org
Gynecologic Cancer Foundation www.wcn.org/gcf/.
The National Cancer Institute( www.nci.nih.gov)
American College of Radiology www.acr.org
AMA – American Medical Association Home Page http://www.ama-assn.org/
ASC Introduction http://www.cytopathology.org/guidelines/guide_cervical_cytology.php
British Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology – Welcome http://www.bsccp.org.uk/
Cancer News http://www.asrt.org/profession_glance/cancer.htm
Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease http://ipsapp003.lwwonline.com/
Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease http://www.jlgtd.com/
NUS MEDICAL SOCIETY http://medsoc.org.sg/academic/
For links, pictures & free software database http://www.ifcpc.org/education.html
Diagnosis & Screening
Lifelinger http://www.lifelinger.net/menu/home.htm
Diagnosis-Histopathology-Pathogenesis of Cervical Cancer – September 2001 http://acor.org/cnet/709180.html
Computer-Aided Diagnosis Is Improving Early Detection Of Many Cancers http://www.asrt.org/profession_glance/cancer.htm
Identifying Squamous Cancer at Colposcopy by V. Cecil Wright, MD
Cytological sampling and cell morphology as evidences of the major role played by the endocervical epithelium in carcinogenesis of the uterine cervix http://www.cancerprev.org/Journal/Issues/26/101/1010/4298
Evaluation of Human Papillomavirus Testing in Primary Screening for Cervical Abnormalities
Comparison of Sensitivity, Specificity, and Frequency of Referral Shalini L. Kulasingam, PhD; James P. Hughes, PhD; Nancy B. Kiviat, MD; Constance Mao, MD; Noel S. Weiss, MD, DrPH; Jane M. Kuypers, PhD; Laura A. Koutsky, PhD AMA. 2002;288:1749-1757
ACR Appropriateness Criteria™ for the role of imaging in cancer of the cervix. http://www.acr.org/cgi-bin/fr?tmpl:appcrit,pdf:0925-930_cancer_of_the_cervix_ac.pdf
Evaluation of Colposcopically Directed Cervical Biopsies Yielding a Histologic Diagnosis of CIN 1,2 http://www.jlgtd.com/http://www.jlgtd.com/
Qualitative Assessment of Telemedicine Network and Computer-Based Telecolposcopy Daron G. Ferris, MD; Mark S. Litaker, PhD Jill A. Miller, MD Michael S. Macfee, MD; Debra Crawley, MD Diane Watson, MSN
Telemedicine Network Telecolposcopy Compared with Computer-Based Telecolposcopy. DG Ferris, DM Bishai, MS Macfee, M Litaker, ED Dickman, and JA Miller Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA
The Correlation Between Colposcopic Diagnosis and Colposcopically Directed Biopsy. YC Collins1 and LS Massad2 1Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY; and 2Cook County Hospital, Chicago, IL
Colposcopic and Cytologic Findings Among Women with Abnormal Vaginal Flora. Ana V. Georgijevi, MD1; Jadranka R. iovi, MD2; Slobodanka V. Djuki, MD, PhD3; Marina J. Bujko, MD, PhD4
Efficacy of Teleconsultation in Colposcopy. M Roy, Y Ansquer, R Barrasso, L Benedet, J-C Boulanger, D Dargent, D Ferris, M Marien, and I Bairati Hôpital Edouard-Herriot, Pavillon L,
In Vivo Detection of Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia Using a Practical Prototype Optical Detection Device DM Harper,1 RD Alvarez,2 WK Huh,2 RM Cestero,3 FA Garcia,4 MA Gold,5 RS Guido,6 K McIntyre-Seltman,6 and L Burke7
Morphology of Cancer Cells http://www.edvotek.com/990.html
An Important Biomarker for Cervical Lesion http://www.albany.edu/chemistry/sarma/cwabstracts_nov99.html
Human Papillomavirus and Cervical Cancer Screening http://www.advancefornp.com/common/editorial/editorial.aspx?CC=7415
ACOG: Endocervical Brush as Effective as Endocervical Curette for Colposcopy Evaluation Following Abnormal Pap Test http://www.pslgroup.com/dg/21544e.htm
HPV Testing vs. Cervical Cytology / ASCUS and above http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/ac/01/slides/3805S1_03%20Wilkerson/tsld020.htm
Multispectral Digital Imaging Colposcope http://www.utexas.edu/academic/otl/SpecSheets/ImagingColposcope.html
Equipment
http://www.colposcope.com/content/pricing.phtml
http://physicianequipment.com/seilercolposcopy.html
Styles Of Colposcopes http://www.mdsi.org/Rep/Rep_2000_August/Rep_810002595684.htm
Purchasing a Colposcope? http://www.nyscasa.org/projects/sae_safe/forensics.cfm
Sanwe Medical Science and Technology Co.,Ltd http://sanwe.medincn.com/ specialize in researching and producing digital colposcope, b-ultrasound scanner, infrared mammary diagnosis & treatment device, x-ray machine, sperm analyzer and male erectile dysfunction therapeutic and diagnostic products.
Identification of Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions: Fluoresence of Cervical Tissue
During Colposcopy http://www.medispectra.com/detection/burke.html
HOW TO PERFORM THE COLPOSCOPIC EXAMINATION E.J. Mayeaux, Jr., M.D. http://lib-sh.lsumc.edu/
Controversies and Decision Making for Uterine Cervical Disease E.J. Mayeaux, Jr., M.D. http://lib-sh.lsumc.edu/
Colposcopy in Pregnancy E.J. Mayeaux, Jr., M.D. http://lib-sh.lsumc.edu/
Colposcopy of the Vagina and VAIN E.J. Mayeaux, Jr., M.D http://lib-sh.lsumc.edu/.
Vulvar Dysplasia and Colposcopy E.J. Mayeaux, Jr., M.D http://lib-sh.lsumc.edu/
Colposcopy of DES Daughters E.J. Mayeaux, Jr., M.D. http://lib-sh.lsumc.edu/
Optimal Excitation Wavelengths for Discrimination of Cervical Neoplasia Sung K. Chang, Michele Follen, Anais Malpica, Urs Utzinger, Gregg Staerkel, Dennis Cox, E. Neely Atkinson, Calum MacAulay, and Rebecca Richards-Kortum* IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING, VOL. 49, NO. 10, OCTOBER 2002
Detecting Cervical Cancer
Biomedical researchers develop a new optical tool based on the use of flourescence spectoscopy to achieve early detection of cervical cancer http://www.utexas.edu/admin/opa/discovery/disc2000v15n3/disc_biomedical.html
Cervical Cancer Research at UT: Instant, More Accurate Detection through Fiber Optic Technology http://txtell.lib.utexas.edu/stories/c0009-full.html
New Way to Spot Pre-Cancer Cells http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0%2C1282%2C37384%2C00.html
MIT researchers create noninvasive new methods for early cancer diagnosis. Ability to detect invisible, early-stage disease could save lives http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/nr/2000/cancer.html
Imaging human epithelial properties with polarized lightscattering spectroscopy Rajan S. Gurjar1, Vadim Backman2, Lev T. Perelman1, Irene Georgakoudi1, Kamran Badizadegan3, Irving Itzkan1, Ramachandra R. Dasari1 & Michael S. Feld1 http://www.northwestern.edu/bme/faculty/NatureMedicine_01.pdf
Image analysis for discrimination of cervical neoplasia. Pogue BW, Mycek MA, Harper D.
Computerized colposcopy: results of a pilot study and analysis of its clinical relevance. Cristoforoni PM, Gerbaldo D, Perino A, Piccoli R, Montz FJ, Capitanio GL. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Genoa, Italy.
The technical performance and clinical feasibility of telecolposcopy. Harper DM, Moncur MM, Harper WH, Burke GC, Rasmussen CA, Mumford MC. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA.
Digital color imaging colposcopy: a matter of choice. Hopman EH, Rozendaal L, Verheijen RH, Kenemans P, Helmerhorst TJ. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Free University Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Detection of preinvasive cancer cells Early-warning changes in precancerous epithelial cells can now be spotted in situ. http://www.nature.com/cgi-taf/DynaPage.taf?file=/nature/journal/v406/n6791/full/406035a0_r.html
Factors affecting light-scattering properties of cervical cells studied Rice University April 2, 2003 http://www.obgyn.net/newsheadlines/womens_health-Rice_University-20030402-62.asp
Fluorescence Spectroscopy Helps Diagnose Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia http://www.cancerpage.com/cancernews/cancernews1057.htm
Oral 5-Aminolevulinic Acid Administration Allows Fluorescence of Cervix http://www.docguide.com/news/content.nsf/news/8525697700573E1885256B960053BF1D
The future of cancer imaging David A. Benaron Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA
Cancer and Metastasis Reviews 21: 45–78, 2002.
Diagnostic Optical Spectroscopy http://www.spie.org/Conferences/Programs/03/ebo/conferences/index.cfm?fuseaction=5141
DISCOVERY v15n3 Detecting Cervical Cancer http://www.utexas.edu/admin/opa/discovery/disc2000v15n3/disc_biomedical.html
http://www.efg2.com/Lab/Library/ImageProcessing/MedicalApplications.htm
efg’s Image Processing Medical Applications Entrez-PubMed http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
www.gyncancer.com-pap-test.html
http://www.gyncancer.com/pap-test.html
Laboratory Testing for Cervical Cancer PAP Smear Activities http://www.phppo.cdc.gov/clia/cyto.asp
Treatment
Cervical cancer stages http://www.acor.org/cnet/200103.html#2
Heat, Cold, Lasers, Lights: Throwing the Book at Cancer http://www.cancerpage.com/cancernews/cancernews1013.htm
Radiofrequency Ablation and Chemotherapy Show Promise in Treating Cancer http://www.asrt.org/profession_glance/cancer.htm
very useful medical procedures http://www.medicalprocedures.com/
Management & Guidelines
FINAL Bethesda 2001 Terminology http://bethesda2001.cancer.gov/terminology.html
American Society of Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology (ASCCP) Web site. Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)
Bethesda Revised Guidelines on Cervical Cytology Issued http://www.ama-assn.org.
Cervical cancer clasification National Cancer Institute: Concurrent chemoradiation for cervical cancer: February 1999. NCI Cancer Trials Resource Page Available at: http://cancertrials.nci.nih.gov/NCI_CANCER_TRIALS/zones/TrialInfo/News/cervcan/clinann.html
Cost-effectiveness of Alternative Triage Strategies for Atypical Squamous Cells of Undetermined SignificanceJane J. Kim, MS; Thomas C. Wright, MD; Sue J. Goldie, MD,MPH JAMA. 2002;287:2382-2390 http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/287/18/2382?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&fulltext=cervical+AND+cytology+AND+Bethesda+&searchid=1065277668816_1038&stored_search=&FIRSTINDEX=0&journalcode=jama
Improving Compliance with Cervical Cancer Prevention Programs L. Stewart Massad, MD Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease 2003; 7(2):95-100
CDC Reports First-time Race- and Ethnicity-specific Cervical Cancer Rates http://www.asrt.org/profession_glance/cancer.htm
Colposcopy Position Paper aafp http://www.aafp.org/x6665.xml
FDA Cervical Cancer Global Perspective Nice Slide show at: http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/ac/01/slides/3805S1_01%20Goldenthal.ppt
Cervical Cancer Global Perspective
http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/ac/01/slides/3805S1_01%20Goldenthal/tsld003.htm
Medical Devices; Draft Guidance for Industry on the Electro- Optical Sensors for the In Vivo Detection of Cervical Cancer and its Precursors
http://www.fda.gov/OHRMS/DOCKETS/98fr/082599e.txt
Clinical Management / Natural History of Cervical Dysplasia (CIN) and Related Findings http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/ac/01/slides/3805S1_03%20Wilkerson/
COLPOSCOPIC TERMINOLOGY E.J. Mayeaux, Jr., M.D. http://lib-sh.lsumc.edu/
Extract from OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY DEVICES ADVISORY PANEL http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/ac/97/transcpt/3307t2.pdf
Colposcopy and Programme Management Guidelines for the NHS Cervical Screening Programme http://www.cancerscreening.nhs.uk/cervical/publications/nhscsp20.html
Medical http://www.medicinenet.com/Cervical_Cancer/article.htm
Medline Digital imaging colposcopy
- 1: Craine BL, Craine ER, O’Toole CJ, Ji Q. Abstract. Digital imaging colposcopy: corrected area measurements using shape-from-shading. IEEE Trans Med Imaging. 1998 Dec;17(6):1003-10. PMID: 10048857
- 2: Craine BL, Craine ER. Abstract. Digital imaging colposcopy: basic concepts and applications. Obstet Gynecol. 1993 Nov;82(5):869-73. PMID: 8414341
- 3: Barrasso R. Abstract. Colposcopy: technique and practical applications Contracept Fertil Sex. 1996 Jan;24(1):18-21. Review. French. No abstract available. PMID: 8932751
- 4: Pogue BW, Mycek MA, Harper D. Abstract. Image analysis for discrimination of cervical neoplasia. J Biomed Opt. 2000 Jan;5(1):72-82. PMID: 10938769
- 5: Shinkareva LF, Chirkova AV, Sabsai MI. Abstract. [Use of cervicoscopy in gynecological practice] Akush Ginekol (Mosk). 1978 Jun;(6):68-71. Russian. No abstract available. PMID: 677414
- 6: Lewis ED. Abstract. Colposcopy. NATNEWS. 1984 Jan;21(1):13-4. No abstract available. PMID: 6560224
- 7: He Y, Wang Y, Lang J. Abstract. [The evaluation of computer cytological test with colposcopy for the diagnosis of cervical lesions] Zhonghua Fu Chan Ke Za Zhi. 1998 May;33(5):265-7. Chinese. PMID: 10682434
- 8: Baldauf JJ, Barrasso R, Benmoura D, Huynh B, Mergui JL, Beuret T, Blanc B, Blondon J. Abstract. [Recommendations for the use of colposcopy] Gynecol Obstet Fertil. 2000 Sep;28(9):667-71. French. No abstract available. PMID: 11075506
- 9: Lakatosh VP. Abstract. [The treatment of a flat condyloma on the cervix uteri by CO2-laser therapy] Lik Sprava. 1998 Jun;(4):146-8. Russian. PMID: 9784734
- 10: Cristoforoni PM, Gerbaldo D, Perino A, Piccoli R, Montz FJ, Capitanio GL. Abstract. Computerized colposcopy: results of a pilot study and analysis of its clinical relevance. Obstet Gynecol. 1995 Jun;85(6):1011-6. PMID: 7770246
- 11: De Palo G. Abstract. The importance of colposcopy in the XXI century. Eur J Gynaecol Oncol. 2000;21(3):223-30. No abstract available. PMID: 10949381
- 12: Monsonego J. Abstract. [The HPV test and clinical practice] Contracept Fertil Sex. 1999 Dec;27(12):811-5. Review. French. No abstract available. PMID: 10676036
- 13: Titus K. Abstract. HPV test: antidote to ASCUS headache? CAP Today. 1996 Sep;10(9):1, 52-4, 56-8. No abstract available. PMID: 10166422
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- 15: Jackson R. Abstract. HPV testing. CAP Today. 2000 Dec;14(12):11. No abstract available. PMID: 11188344
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- 17: Denenberg R. Abstract. Cervical cancer and women with HIV. GMHC Treat Issues. 1997 Jul-Aug;11(7-8):10-8. No abstract available. PMID: 11364643
- 18: Krumholz BA. Abstract. Value of human papillomavirus testing. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2000 Feb;182(2):479-80. No abstract available. PMID: 10694358
- 19: Johnson BA. Abstract. The colposcopic examination. Am Fam Physician. 1996 Jun;53(8):2473-82, 2487-8. Review. PMID: 8644563
- 20: Torrisi A, Del Mistro A, Onnis GL, Merlin F, Bertorelle R, Minucci D. Abstract. Colposcopy, cytology and HPV-DNA testing in HIV-positive and HIV-negative women. Eur J Gynaecol Oncol. 2000;21(2):168-72. PMID: 10843478
A Few Colposcopy books
- 1 Colposcopy: Principles and Practice: An Integrated Textbook and Atlasby Barbara S. Apgar (Editor), Mark Spitzer (Editor), Gregory L. Brotzman (Editor),Donna D. IgnataviciusPublisher: W B Saunders; 1st edition (February 22, 2002) ISBN: 0721684947
- 2 Colposcopy-Cervical Pathology: Textbook and Atlasby Erich Burghardt, Hellmuth Pickel, Frank GirardiPublisher: Thieme Medical Pub; 3rd edition (June 1998) ISBN: 0865776342
- 3 A Manual of Clinical Colposcopyby Thomas M. Julian, Valle (Hardcover)
- 4 Integrated Colposcopy: For Colposcopists, Histopathologists, and Cytologistsby Malcom Anderson, et al (Hardcover)
- 5 Handbook of Optical Biomedical DiagnosisEditor: Valery V TuchinPublisher: SPIE Press (2002) ISBN: 0819442380
- 6 Handbook of Colposcopy – “Handbook of Colposcopy. 2nd Edition.Edited by David M. Luesley , Professor of Gynaecological Oncology, Birmingham Women’sHospital …http://www.arnoldpublishers.com/Scripts/webbook.asp?ISBN=0340806605
- 7 Atlas of Colposcopy by Per KolstadPublisher: Univ Park Pr; 3rd edition (February 1983) ASIN: 0839117558
- 8 Colposcopy of the Cervix, Vagina, and Vulva: A Comprehensive Textbookby Michael S. Baggish, Micheal Baggish (Hardcover – August 2003)
- 9 Atkinson’s Correlative Atlas of Colposcopy, Cytology and Histopathologyby Giuntoli
- 10 Lower Genital Tract Precancer: Colposcopy, Pathology and Treatmentby Albert Singer, et al (Hardcover)
- 11 Handbook of Colposcopyby David M. Luesley (Editor), et al (Paperback – July 2002)
- 12 Minimum datasets for Reporting Common CancersBt Cross, Feery and Angel (1998)
- 13 Otoscopy: A structured ApproachP J Wormald, G S BrowningPublisher: Arnold (1996) ISBN: 0340613769
British Society of Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology – Resourceshttp://www.bsccp.org.uk
Some Internet References to Various Cancers
Reflectance Spectroscopy for In Vivo Characterization of Ovarian Tissue Urs Utzinger, PhD,1 Molly Brewer, DVM, MD, MS,2,3 Elvio Silva, MD,4 David Gershenson, MD,3, Robert C. Blast, Jr., MD,5 Michele Follen, MD, PhD,3 and Rebecca Richards-Kortum, PhD1
The future of cancer imaging, David A. Benaron
Glottic Cancer, Mary C Snyder, MD http://www.emedicine.com/ent/topic688.htm
Priorities of the Gynecologic Cancer Progress Review Group – November 2001 http://prg.nci.nih.gov/gyno/finalreport.html
Cancer Stomach, Robert J Fingerote, MD http://www.emedicine.com/aaem/topic531.htm
Imaging/Technologies , Welch, Michael & Van Dam, Jacques, Fischman, Alan http://prg.nci.nih.gov/stomach/prgimag.html
Imaging diagnosis for staging of gastric cancer. Kuntz C, Herfarth C. Abstract. Abstract.
Diagnosis and staging of gastric cancer. alvorsen RA Jr, Yee J, McCormick VD. Abstract.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=96242999
Early Gastric Cancer : pretreatment diagnosis. Romeo Giuli MD, http://www.geocities.com/surgoncnet/dag.htm
gastric cancer http://www.oncologychannel.com/gastriccancer/diagnosis.shtml
Staging in gastric cancer: imaging diagnosis.Romeo Giuli MD,. http://www.geocities.com/surgoncnet/staging2.htm
Report of the Stomach/Esophageal Cancers Progress Review Group National Cancer Institute, December 2002, Timothy J. Eberlein, M.D , Brian J. Reid, M.D., Ph.D., Ernest T. Hawk, M.D., MPH, http://prg.nci.nih.gov/stomach/finalreport.html
State of the Science http://prg.nci.nih.gov/stomach/prgsci.html
Recommendations http://prg.nci.nih.gov/stomach/prgrec.html
Gastric , Ajani, Jaffer; Coit, Daniel & Correa, Pelayo, Macdonald, John http://prg.nci.nih.gov/stomach/prggas.html
Disease Sites Adenocarcinomas, Tepper, Joel; Forastiere, Arlene & Blaser, Martin J., Spechler, Stuart http://prg.nci.nih.gov/stomach/prgaden.html
National Institutes of Health Roadmap http://www.nihroadmap.nih.gov
Squamous, Hamilton, Stanley R.; Castell, Donald O. & Orlando, Roy C., Leichman, Lawrence http://prg.nci.nih.gov/stomach/prgsqua.html
Elective Diagnostic Laparoscopy and Cancer Staging, Frederick L. Greene, M.D., F.A.C.S. http://www.sages.org/primarycare/chapter12.html
Cancer Spreads in Tumor Margins http://www.ncrr.nih.gov/newspub/oct02rpt/reports3.asp
Thoracoscopy/Laparoscopy Is Feasible For Esophageal Cancer Staging http://www.cancerpage.com/cancernews/cancernews2747.htm
Diagnosis Histopathology Pathogenesis of Gastric Cancer – May 2001 http://www.acor.org/cnet/705065.html
Staging laparoscopy in gastric cancer. Romeo Giuli MD,. http://www.geocities.com/surgoncnet/staging4.htm
Staging laparoscopy in gastric cancer: updating. Romeo Giuli MD,. http://www.geocities.com/surgoncnet/staging7.htm
MIT Detection of preinvasive cancer cells http://www.nature.com/cgi-taf/DynaPage.taf?file=/nature/journal/v406/n6791/full/406035a0_r.html
Some Internet References to Endometrial Carcinoma Summaries
# | Emedicine summary Endometrial Carcinoma, William T Creasman, MD http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic674.htm |
# | From the American Academy of Family Physicians is Endometrial Cancer Timothy P. Canavan, M.D., and Nipa R. Doshi, M.D. http://www.aafp.org/afp/990600ap/3069.html |
# | Information modified from that furnished by the National Institutes of Health and the National Cancer Institute of the United States of America. Cancer Of The Uterus (Endometrial Cancer) http://www.medicinenet.com/Uterine_Cancer/page1.htm |
# | Premalignant Lesions of the Endometrium Susan B Tate, MD, Charles N Landen, MD, http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic3334.htm |
# | Of Hysteroscopy http://www.medceu.com/tests/hysteroscopy.htm |
# | Hysteroscopy FAQ, Paul D. Indman, MD, http://www.obgyn.net/displayarticle.asp?page=/hysteroscopy/indman/hsc |
# | What Are The Diagnostic Procedures For Heavy Menstrual Bleeding?- Hysteroscopy Harvey Simon, MD, http://www.umm.edu/patiented/articles/what_diagnostic_procedures_heavy_menstrual_bleeding_000080_5.htm |
# | Hysteroscopy Dr G.D. Reid & Dr H.F. Joycehttp://www.pta.net.au/sgeg/PatInfo/Hysteroscopy.html |
# | Endometrial Biopsy Thomas J. Zuber, M.D http://www.aafp.org/afp/20010315/1131.html |
# | From National Cancer Institute Screening for Endometrial Cancer http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/pdq/screening/endometrial/healthprofessional/ …http://www.cancer.gov/cancer_information/cancer_type/endometrial/ NCI A Snapshot of Endometrial Cancer http://prg.nci.nih.gov/snapshots/Endometrial-Snapshot.pdf |
# | Gynecologic Procedures http://medicine.nova.edu/online/reproductive_sys/forms/IndependentStudySupplement101.pdf |
# | Elective Diagnostic Laparoscopy and Cancer Staging Frederick L. Greene, M.D., F.A.C.S.http://www.sages.org/primarycare/chapter12.html |
# | Diagnostic hysteroscopy G. Benagiano, L. Mencaglia http://www.gfmer.ch/Books/Endoscopy_book/Ch19_hysteroscopy_diagnostic%20.html |
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Some emedicine summaries for other cancers include:
# | Cervix – http://www.emedicine.com/radio/topic140.htm |
# | Colon / Rectum – http://www.emedicine.com/aaem/topic80.htm |
# | Oesophagus http://www.emedicine.com/aaem/topic530.htm |
# | Bladder – http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic2344.htm> |
# | Mouth – |
# | Stomach http://www.emedicine.com/aaem/topic531.htm |
# | Uterus (Endometrial Carcinoma )- http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic674.htm |
# | Pathology: Squamous Cell Carcinoma http://www.emedicine.com/ent/topic671.htm |