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Proceedings of a consensus conference: the screening of blood donors for variant CJD.

Since the identification, in 1996, of the first case of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) in humans various approaches have been implemented and/or proposed to prevent this disease from being transfusion transmitted. In addition, a variety of possible laboratory-based approaches have been developed and will continue to be developed for the vCJD screening of blood donors. Various issues related to the implementation of such vCJD testing is likely to assume greater importance as diagnostic tests for vCJD becomes available for the potential screening of blood donors. The purpose of this Consensus Conference was to bring together international experts in an effort to determine which principles should guide the introduction of such testing. These experts provided the scientific and biological background of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and vCJD, an understanding of their current epidemiology, as well as the ethical and legal issues that would impact on the implementation of a screening test for preventing the transfusion transmission of vCJD. This contentious issue is of potential considerable importance to transfusion medicine personnel worldwide, as well as to future recipients of allogeneic blood components.

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Full proceedings from the National Conference to Develop a National Skin Cancer Agenda. American Academy of Dermatology and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Washington, D.C., April 8-10, 1995.

National efforts to reduce skin cancer incidence and mortality require scientifically coordinated efforts. This report summarizes the first American Academy of Dermatology/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention national conference to develop a skin cancer agenda. Leading experts in dermatology, public health, medicine, health education, nursing, behavioral sciences, environmental health and epidemiology identified and prioritized skin cancer control issues in five key areas. Discussion centered around strategies for reducing UV exposure and increasing public and professional awareness of skin cancer. Panelists in five sessions developed consensus on several public and professional recommendations and a series of research strategies.

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Proceedings of the consensus conference on the role of sentinel lymph node biopsy in carcinoma of the breast April 19 to 22, 2001, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

A consensus conference on the role of sentinel node biopsy in breast cancer was held in Philadelphia in April 2001. The participants included many highly respected American and European investigators in this area. This report summarizes the deliberations of the group and promotes its current guidelines for the integration of this new technique into contemporary clinical practice.

Breast Neoplasms↗