Since its inception in 1998, the European Federation for Colposcopy (EFC) now comprises 26 member societies. Its principle aim is to promote high quality colposcopy throughout Europe with special emphasis on training, education and treatment. This review summarises EFC's activities and achievements to date.

BACKGROUND This study aimed to examine the positive and negative predictive value in the diagnosis of premalignant and malignant lesions of cervical colposcopy, the sensitivity and specificity of smear, and to evaluate the correlation with histopathology of abnormal cytology and colposcopy. MATERIAL AND METHODS The criteria for inclusion of patients with unhealthy cervix in the study were: Eros...

OBJECTIVE To estimate the accuracy of colposcopy to identify cervical precancer in screening and diagnostic settings. METHODS As part of a larger clinical trial to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of optical spectroscopy, we recruited 1,850 patients into a diagnostic or a screening group depending on their history of abnormal findings on Papanicolaou tests. Colposcopic examinations were perfo...

OBJECTIVES To determine the rate of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 2 (CIN2+) in women with low grade cervical cytology and a normal colposcopy examination over 3 years of follow-up. DESIGN Cohort study within a randomised controlled trial. SETTING NHS Cervical Screening Programmes in Grampian, Tayside and Nottingham. POPULATION Eight hundred and eighty-four women aged 20-59 year...

Colposcopy with biopsy is pivotal to cervical cancer prevention programs as it is called to identify the precancerous lesions on patients that screen positive. We present a cervical cancer case from IMPROVE-COLPO, a postmarketing, multicenter, two-arm observational study on US community colposcopy that collects outcomes with the adjunctive Dynamic Spectral Imaging (DSI) in its prospective arm. ...

OBJECTIVES To develop an evidence based protocol for the follow up of women with low grade cervical abnormalities for whom treatment is not immediately indicated. DESIGN Population outcome study. SETTING Colposcopy clinic of an inner city teaching hospital. PARTICIPANTS 566 women with low grade cytological abnormalities who were not treated at a first visit to the colposcopy clinic, follo...