| the role of general practitioners in promoting cervical cancer screening: a field survey in a rural area of crete, greece. | the early detection of cervical cancer with a papanicolaou (pap) smear has resulted in a great decline of mortality rates in developed countries, a progress suggesting that general practice may have a crucial role in promoting screening. this study explores the impact of general practitioners on women's adherence to pap screening recommendations in a rural area of crete, greece. a cross-sectional study was conducted during 2006 in a rural area of 3,000 inhabitants, where access to primary care i ... | 2010 | 19949341 |
| fighting against human papillomavirus: the 25-year old contribution of the university of crete school of medicine. | twenty five years have passed since the first research efforts in greece on human papillomavirus (hpv) performed by the department of clinical virology at the university of crete school of medicine. hpv infection in the human cervix was initially evaluated in relation to the host mutational and transcriptional activation of the ras/raf genes pathway, p53 gene polymorphisms, neo-angiogenesis- related gene expression and g1/s phase transition. a series of epidemiological studies ensued, evaluating ... | 2015 | 25778290 |
| geographic variations of human papilloma virus infection and their possible impact on the effectiveness of the vaccination programme. | greece is one of the first countries of the european union to introduce a human papilloma virus (hpv) vaccine in its national vaccination programme. geographical variations in the prevalence of the different hpv types have been demonstrated. the aim of this preliminary case control study was to investigate hpv infection in women with low- and high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (sils) from two different geographical areas of greece; central greece and crete. seventy-five cervical specime ... | 2008 | 18575729 |