A workshop on Human Papilloma Virus Infection and Cervical Cancer (LZP project 2021/1-0484) will be held Friday, 25 October. The agenda includes a research session with RSU researchers and an open session for patients, discussing the significance of HPV testing, screening approaches, and the role of vaccines. The research session of the event will be conducted in English, but the open session will be in Latvian.
Agenda
| Research session | |
|---|---|
| 15:00 | Lecture The HPV infection doesn't only affect girls and women Prof. Ruth Tachezy, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic |
| 15:30 | Overview of project progress during April 2024 – October 2024 Maria Isaguliants |
| 15:40 | Sociodemographic and general health correlates of infection with high risk human papilloma viruses in a prospective study Viola Kiseļova |
| 16:00 | Update on the follow-up of prospective and retroprospective cohorts Arta Spridzāne |
| 16:10 | Detection of anti-HPV16 E6 and E7 antibodies in the sera of patients with neoplastic cervical lesions and cancer and healthy individuals, relation to HPV infection Maria Isaguliants, Lība Sokolovska |
| 16:25 | Full genomic sequencing of HPV16 in cervical carcinomas, first results Juris Jansons, Ņikita Zrelovs |
| 16:40 | Morphological features and immunohistochemical markers of HPV-associated cervical cancer Karina Biserova, Jurijs Nazarovs |
| 17:00 | Coffee break |
| Open session for patients | |
| 17:30 | Prevention of cervical cancer in Latvia Prof. Gunta Lazdāne, Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics / Public Health Institute, Rīga Stradiņš University |
| 17:50 | Lecture Why not delay HPV vaccination of children Prof. Ruth Tachezy, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic |
| 18:30 | Behind the scenes of human papillomavirus (CPV) testing: the role of the laboratory Beatrise Orlova, Centrālā laboratorija, Rīga, Latvija |
| 18:40 | Update on study findings in the prospective cohort, positivity for high risk human papilloma viruses, cervical health and disease, treatment and perspectives for the prospective cohort Androniks Mitiļdžans |
| Questions & discussion | |
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