Italian Society of Colposcopy and Cervico-Vaginal Pathology (SICPCV)
Web Adress | |
Name of President of Society | Maggiorino Barbero barberom@tin.it |
Society postal adress | Via dei Soldati 25 – 00186 Roma |
Name of Secretary of Society | Fausto Boselli ( General Secretary ):fausto.boselli@unimore.it |
Society Co-ordinator/Admin | segreteria.sicpcv@colposcopiaitaliana.it |
EFC – Contact Person | Carmine Carriero c.carriero@gynecology2.uniba.it |
Members of the executive board | President: – Maggiorino Barbero
General Secretary/ |
Next Elections | 2015 |
Number of Members | xxx |
National Events | Yearly National Congress (next: Ancona 19th-21st of November, 2009). Meetings and courses in different part of the Country during the year. |
Screening strategy for Cervical Cancer | Cervical cancer screening programs on a regional basis (20 regions in Italy). I level: cytology (every three years, age 25-64); II level: colposcopy (triage of ASC-US by HPV-test if available). National Survey by GISCi (Gruppo Italiano per lo Screening del Cervicocarcinoma). |
Screening rate | Coverage: 67% of target population Adherence to cytology (invited women): 36,7%(Survey 2006) |
Incidence of Cervical Cancer | 9-10/100.000 (~3500 new cases/year) |
Mortality of Cervical Cancer | 1-2/100.000 (~ 370 deaths/year) |
Strategy for colposcopy training | Accreditation, on a voluntary base, is made by SICPCV during the National Congress or other qualified Courses. Evaluation of CV, colposcopic training and experience, and a MCQ test are made to verify the accreditation as colposcopist. A re-validation is planned after three years. |
Institutions to deal with Abnormal Screening-Results | II level (colposcopy) centres, appointed by the regional screening program, deal with abnormal cytology and intraepithelial lesions (treatment and follow-up). These centres are mainly in university clinics and hospitals or in regional hospitals. All data about screening, diagnosis, treatment and follow-up are stored in regional screening program databases, that are collected and analysed yearly on a national level ( Survey ). |