Publications by authors named "L Kotaniemi-Talonen"
Article Synopsis
- Colposcopy is crucial for diagnosing women with abnormal cervical tests, and quality indicators were developed by the European Federation for Colposcopy to improve practice standards across Europe.
- A survey was conducted to evaluate the understandability, relevance, and reproducibility of 17 quality indicators among colposcopy cases involving 50 women referred for abnormal screenings.
- The results showed that most quality indicators met or were close to the desired standard, although some discrepancies in data collection and low performance for one indicator highlighted the need for clearer guidelines to ensure accurate reporting.
Purpose: Cervical lesions caused by human papillomavirus (HPV) are related to decreased quality of life (QoL) of women. Also, cervical cancer (CC) screening can cause psychological adverse effects. It has been assumed that by decreasing the HPV-related disease burden, HPV vaccinations would increase the QoL.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To assess whether electrical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) as an adjunctive technology enhances the performance of colposcopy.
Design: Prospective cohort study.
Setting: University Hospital colposcopy clinic.
Introduction: The long-term risk of cancer among first-degree relatives of ovarian cancer patients, especially their offspring, is of apparent clinical importance. Risks caused by known inherited factors such as BRCA1 or BRCA2 pathogenic variants are well established, but these account for only about 15% of ovarian cancer cases. Less is known about the possible familial risks of sporadic ovarian cancers.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: The gold standard of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) treatment is large loop excision of the transformation zone (LLETZ) after histopathological diagnosis from punch biopsies. In addition, treatment may be appropriate at initial colposcopy. Our objective was to study the applicability of immediate treatment strategy according to clinical parameters.
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