Scientific publications

Pärna K, Nygård M, Tisler A, Toompere K, Naaber P, Ratnik K, Ķīvīte Urtāne A, Zodzika J, Stankūnas M, Baltzer N, Uusküla A. Age-specific and genotype-specific carcinogenic human papillomavirus prevalence in a country with a high cervical cancer burden: results of a cross-sectional study in Estonia. BMJ Open. 2023 Jun 1;13(6):e069558. doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-069558. Link: https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/13/6/e069558

Tisler A, Nygard M, Kivite-Urtane A, Berza N, Zodzika J, Stankunas M, Baltzer N, Pärna K, Uusküla A. Comment on "The European response to the WHO call to eliminate cervical cancer as a public health problem". Int J Cancer. 2023;19. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.34540. Link:https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ijc.34540

Stankūnas M, Pärna K, Tisler A, Ķīvīte-Urtāne A, Zodzika J, Baltzer N, Nygard J, Nygard M, Avery M, Uuskula A. Population Health Management Involving a Personalized Health Care Approach: An Example with Cervical Cancer Screening. Popul Health Manag. 2023;26(2):135-136. doi: https://doi.org/10.1089/pop.2023.0023. Link: https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/pop.2023.0023

Kojalo U, Tisler A, Parna K, Kivite-Urtane A, Zodzika J, Stankunas M, Baltzer N, Nygard M, Uuskula A. An overview of cervical cancer epidemiology and prevention in the Baltic States. BMC Public Health. 2023;23(1):660. doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-15524-y Link: https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-023-15524-y

Nygård M, Nygård S. The Future of Cervical Cancer Prevention: From “One-Size-Fits-All” to Personalized Screening. J Pers Med. 2023;13:161. https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm13020161. Link: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4426/13/2/161

Tisler A, Ojavee SE, Veerus P, Soodla P, Uusküla A. Cervical cancer screening patterns among HIV-positive women in Estonia: a population-based retrospective cohort study. BMC Cancer. 2021 Apr 1;21(1):350. doi: 10.1186/s12885-021-08076-0. Link: https://bmccancer.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12885-021-08076-0

Stankūnas M, Pärna K, Tisler A, Ķīvīte-Urtāne A, Kojalo U, Zodzika J, Baltzer N, Nygard J, Nygard M, Uuskula A. Cervical Cancer in the Baltic States: Can Intelligent and Personalized Cancer Screening Change the Situation? Acta Med Litu. 2022;29(1):19-26. doi: 10.15388/Amed.2022.29.1.18. Link: https://www.journals.vu.lt/AML/article/view/26550

Conferences presentations / abstracts

Berza N., Zodzika J., Pole I., Curkste A., Lukajanova I., Kivite-Urtane A. Augsta riska cilvēka papilomas vīrusa prevalence Latvijas sieviešu populācijā. Latvijas Ārstu kongress, 21.-24.09.2022.; https://arstukongress.lv/tezes?fu=read&id=47&dt=iframe&apikey=au4856474ax (accessed 07.10.2022)

Berza N., Zodzika J., Kivite-Urtane A., Pole I., Curkste A., Lukajanova I. Cilvēka papilomas vīrusa maksts pašpaņemtā testa pieņemamība Latvijas sieviešu populācijā. Latvijas Ārstu kongress, 21.-24.09.2022.; https://arstukongress.lv/tezes?fu=read&id=46&dt=iframe&apikey=au4855274ax (accessed 07.10.2022)

Berza N., Zodzika J., Kivite-Urtane A., Parna K., Uuskula A., PoleI. Perception of HPV self-sampling test in a population of Latvian women (preliminary data). EUROGIN 2022 Abstracts, Free Communications, abstract No 3637

Kivite-Urtane A., Zodzika J., Berza N., Uuskula A. Knowledge and attitude to HPV vaccination among women in Latvia. International online conference “Vaccines and Vaccination During and Post Covid Pandemics” 7-9 December 2022, Abstract book, pp. 22, https://www.rsu.lv/sites/default/files/imce/Projekti/Da%C5%BE%C4%81di/abstract_book_vacvac-2022.pdf(accessed 15.12.2022)

Berza N., Zodzika J., Kivite-Urtane A., Kojalo U. Perception of HPV self – sampling in a small population of Latvian women (preliminary data). ISGE Gynaecological Endocrinology, the 20th world congress, 11-14 May 2022, https://isge2022.isgesociety.com/(accessed 15.12.2022).