HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE MODELLING AND INFORMATICS SEMINARS 2002/03
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All seminars are Tuesdays at 17:00 in room 5.05, at 9-18 Euston Centre, London
(off Drummond Street, nearest tube: Warren Street)
For more info or if interested in giving a talk, please contact me at the
address at the end of this message.
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Date: 15 October 2002
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Speaker: Dr Chris Sherlaw-Johnson, Clinical Operational Research Unit, UCL,
London
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Title: Cervical cancer screening in the UK: can recent scientific advances
improve it?
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Abstract: In the UK, women are requested to attend for regular cervical cancer
screening every 3 to 5 years between the ages of 21 and 64. The current
screening test, the Pap smear, is known to be not entirely accurate, and
several controversies have arisen over misdiagnosis and misreporting of test
results. In recent years a number of scientific advances have led to ideas for
improving cervical screening. These include exploiting the link between
cervical cancer and human papillomavirus (HPV) by incorporating HPV testing.
There are also new methods for preparing and reading smear test samples which
could improve the accuracy of diagnosis. This paper will describe how these
advances in screening have been evaluated using a stochastic modelling approach.
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Date: 12 November 2002
Speaker: Prof Peter Millard, HSCMG, University of Westminster and St. George’s
Hospital, London
Title and Abstract: TBC
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Date: 10 December 2002
Speaker: Haifeng Xie, HSCMG, University of Westminster, London
Title and Abstract: TBC
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Dr. T.J. Chaussalet
University of Westminster
CSCS, Dept of Mathematics
9-18 Euston Centre
London NW1 3ET, UK
Tel: +44(0)207 911 5000 ext 4310
Fax: +44(0)207 915 5438
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