Invited Commentary

P H Scanlon

The English national screening programme for sight-threatening diabetic retinopathy
J Med Screen 15(1): 1-4; doi:10.1258/jms.2008.008015 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Original Articles

M Korada, M Kibirige, S Turner, J Day, H Johnstone, and T Cheetham

The implementation of revised guidelines and the performance of a screening programme for congenital hypothyroidism
J Med Screen 15(1): 5-8; doi:10.1258/jms.2008.007080 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Allison Streetly, Mary Clarke, Melanie Downing, Lisa Farrar, Ying Foo, Kate Hall, Helena Kemp, Jane Newbold, Paul Walsh, Jenny Yates, and Joan Henthorn

Implementation of the newborn screening programme for sickle cell disease in England: results for 2003–2005
J Med Screen 15(1): 9-13; doi:10.1258/jms.2008.007063 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Imre Boncz, Andor Sebestyén, István Pintér, István Battyány, and István Ember

The effect of an organized, nationwide breast cancer screening programme on non-organized mammography activities
J Med Screen 15(1): 14-17; doi:10.1258/jms.2008.007070 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Stuart G Baker and Barnett S Kramer

Estimating the cumulative risk of a false-positive under a regimen involving various types of cancer screening tests
J Med Screen 15(1): 18-22; doi:10.1258/jms.2008.007076 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kristine Bihrmann, Allan Jensen, Anne Helene Olsen, Sisse Njor, Walter Schwartz, Ilse Vejborg, and Elsebeth Lynge

Performance of systematic and non-systematic (‘opportunistic’) screening mammography: a comparative study from Denmark
J Med Screen 15(1): 23-26; doi:10.1258/jms.2008.007055 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

L Lancuck, J Patnick, and M Vessey

A cohort effect in cervical screening coverage?
J Med Screen 15(1): 27-29; doi:10.1258/jms.2008.007068 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Lauro Bucchi, Alessandra Ravaioli, Flavia Foca, Americo Colamartini, Fabio Falcini, Carlo Naldoni the Emilia-Romagna Breast Screening Programme

Incidence of interval breast cancers after 650,000 negative mammographies in 13 Italian health districts
J Med Screen 15(1): 30-35; doi:10.1258/jms.2008.007016 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Suzanne Schindeler, Stephen Morrell, Yeqin Zuo, and Deborah Baker

High-grade cervical abnormalities and screening intervals in New South Wales, Australia
J Med Screen 15(1): 36-43; doi:10.1258/jms.2008.007036 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Short Communication

Inger T Gram and Eiliv Lund

Breast cancer screening programme as setting for an adjunct research project: effect on programme attendance
J Med Screen 15(1): 44-45; doi:10.1258/jms.2008.007014 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor

Dong-Zhi Li

Routine molecular screening for common -thalassaemia deletions is necessary as part of an antenatal screening programme
J Med Screen 15(1): 46; doi:10.1258/jms.2008.007102 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Y Sorour, S Heppinstall, N Porter, G A Wilson, A C Goodeve, D Rees, and J Wright

Authors' response to Dong-Zhi Li's letter: ‘Routine molecular screening for common -Thalassaemia deletions is necessary as part of an antenatal screening programme’
J Med Screen 15(1): 47; doi:10.1258/jms.2008.007107 [Full Text] [PDF]  

L Guittet and G Launoy

Diagnostic accuracy of immunochemical faecal occult blood tests according to number of samples and positivity threshold
J Med Screen 15(1): 48-49; doi:10.1258/jms.2008.007111 [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Miscellaneous

N J Wald

Guidance on terminology
J Med Screen 15(1): 50; doi:10.1258/jms.2008.008got [Full Text] [PDF]  

Statistical guidelines for authors
J Med Screen 15(1): 51; doi:10.1258/jms.2008.008gos [Full Text] [PDF]  

Health technology assessment programme
J Med Screen 15(1): 52-54; doi:10.1258/jms.2008.151hta [Full Text] [PDF]  

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