Editorials

P. Sasieni and J. Cuzick

Could HPV testing become the sole primary cervical screening test?
J Med Screen 9(2): 49-51; doi:10.1136/jms.9.2.49 [PDF]  

N.S. Weiss

Outcome events in studies of diagnostic or screening tests
J Med Screen 9(2): 52-53; doi:10.1136/jms.9.2.52 [PDF]  

J.H. Scholefield and S.M. Moss

Faecal occult blood screening for colorectal cancer
J Med Screen 9(2): 54-55; doi:10.1136/jms.9.2.54 [PDF]  

K. Morris

Screening for neuroblastoma in children
J Med Screen 9(2): 56; doi:10.1136/jms.9.2.56 [PDF]  

Original Papers

P. Aavitsland, Ø. Nilsen, A. Lystad, and A. Bjørndal

Impact of antenatal HIV screening to prevent HIV infection in children in Norway 1987–99
J Med Screen 9(2): 57-59; doi:10.1136/jms.9.2.57 [Abstract] [PDF]  

C. Corbetta, M. Seia, A. Bassotti, A. Ambrosioni, A. Giunta, and R. Padoan

Screening for cystic fibrosis in newborn infants: results of a pilot programme based on a two tier protocol (IRT/DNA/IRT) in the Italian population
J Med Screen 9(2): 60-63; doi:10.1136/jms.9.2.60 [Abstract] [PDF]  

D. Tylek-Lemañska, M. Otarzewski, and E. Kostyk

Measurement of phenylalanine in blood on filter paper as a method of monitoring PKU treatment
J Med Screen 9(2): 64-66; doi:10.1136/jms.9.2.64 [Abstract] [PDF]  

D. Lena-Russo, C. Badens, M. Aubinaud, F. Merono, C. Paolasso, N. Martini, and J.F. Mattei

Outcome of a school screening programme for carriers of haemoglobin disease
J Med Screen 9(2): 67-69; doi:10.1136/jms.9.2.67 [Abstract] [PDF]  

J. Estève, B. Séradour, J. Jacquemier, and L. Remontet

Does a better grade of tumour occurring in women under hormone replacement therapy compensate for their lower probability of detection by screening mammography
J Med Screen 9(2): 70-73; doi:10.1136/jms.9.2.70 [Abstract] [PDF]  

E. Banks, G. Reeves, V. Beral, D. Bull, B. Crossley, M. Simmonds, E. Hilton, S. Bailey, N. Barrett, P. Briers, R. English, A. Jackson, E. Kutt, J. Lavelle, L. Rockall, M.G. Wallis, and M. Wilson

Predictors of outcome of mammography in the National Health Service Breast Screening Programme
J Med Screen 9(2): 74-82; doi:10.1136/jms.9.2.74 [Abstract] [PDF]  

A.J. Maxwell, J.M. Pearson, and H.M. Bishop

Crude open biopsy rates for benign screen detected lesions no longer reflect breast screening quality—time to change the standard
J Med Screen 9(2): 83-85; doi:10.1136/jms.9.2.83 [Abstract] [PDF]  

J.F. Nygård, G.B. Skare, and S.Ø. Thoresen

The cervical cancer screening programme in Norway, 1992–2000: changes in Pap smear coverage and incidence of cervical cancer
J Med Screen 9(2): 86-91; doi:10.1136/jms.9.2.86 [Abstract] [PDF]  

J.P. Trickett, R.A.P. Scott, and H.S. Tilney

Screening and management of asymptomatic popliteal aneurysms
J Med Screen 9(2): 92-93; doi:10.1136/jms.9.2.92 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Screening Brief

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Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM)
J Med Screen 9(2): 94; doi:10.1136/jms.9.2.94 [PDF]  

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