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Event Description

This one-day course will update the practicing colposcopist on many cutting edge developments related to the practice of colposcopy and the diagnosis and management of HPV related lower anogenital tract disease.
Local and internationally renowned speakers will address the natural history of HPV including new
information on the relation between HPV and the vaginal microbiome, future directions of cervical cancer
screening, new national standards for colposcopy, screening for HPV related anal cancer and other topics
that will keep those interested in lower anogenital tract disease current. As in the past, there will be small-groupcase review sessions with discussion of colposcopic images.

Course Objectives

• Discuss trends in incidence and mortality from cervical cancer in Indian Country
• List two new developments in recommendations for HPV vaccination
• Review the natural history of HPV and its relation to lower anogenital tract cancers
• Discuss the potential benefits of dual stain testing and extended HPV genotyping in cervical cancer screening
• Review ASCCP’s standards for colposcopy
• Discuss cervical cancer screening in women with solid organ transplants
• Review the indications and technique for anal cytology
• List two significant risk factors for vulvar cancer
• Discuss the role of the vaginal microbiome in the neoplastic transformation of HPV infected cells