NAME/SURNAME:
Silvia Franceschi

SPECIALTY:
Viruses and cancer





Academic Degrees
1983-1988 Post-graduate Diploma in Medical Statistics (Pavia University, Pavia, Italy)
1981-1983 Master of Science in Epidemiology (Oxford University, Oxford, UK)
1979-1983 Post-graduate Diploma in Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Milan University, Milan, Italy)
1973-1979 Medical Diploma (M.D.) 110/110 cum laude (Milan University, Milan, Italy)

Selected Publications
Franceschi S, Dal Maso L, Rickenbach M, Polesel J, Hirschel B, Cavassini M, Bordoni A, Elzi L, Ess S, Jundt G, Mueller N, Clifford GM and the Swiss HIV Cohort Study (2008) Kaposi Sarcoma incidence in the Swiss HIV Cohort Study before and after Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy. Br J Cancer, 99: 800-804.

Franceschi S, Jaffe H (2007) Cervical cancer screening of women living with HIV infection: a must in the era of antiretroviral therapy. Clin Infect Dis, 45: 510-513.

Franceschi S, Herrero R, Clifford GM, Snijders PJF, Arslan A, Anh PTH, Bosch FX, Ferreccio C, Hieu NT, Lazcano-Ponce E, Matos E, Molano M, Qiao YL, Rajkumar R, Ronco G, de Sanjosé S, Shin HR, Sukvirach S, Thomas JO, Meijer CJLM, Muñoz N, and the IARC HPV Prevalence Surveys Study Group (2006) Variations in the age-specific curves of human papillomavirus prevalence in women worldwide. Int J Cancer, 119: 2677-2684.