Web Adress

http://www.colposcopiaitaliana.it/

Name of President of Society

Aldo Vecchione

Society postal adress

Via dei Soldati 25 - 00186 Roma

Name of Secretary of Society

Fausto Boselli ( General Secretary ): boselli.fausto@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: - Aldo Vecchione

General Secretary/
Treasurer: - Fausto Boselli

Vice-presidents: - Antonio Frega
- Giancarlo Mojana
- Roberto Piccoli

Assistant
Secretary:         - Stefano De Martis

Counsellors:       - Maggiorino Barbero
                       - Paolo Cattani
                       - Andrea Ciavattini
                       - Carlo Penna
                       - Paolo Scirpa
                       - Francesco Sopracordevole

Auditors:           - Alberto Biamonti
                       - Fabrizio Fabiano
                       - Emanuela Sampugnaro

Substitute
Auditors:           - Maria Antonietta
                         Bova
                       - Marco Palomba

Next Elections

2010

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 ).