Dr COLLINS Robert J | rjcollin@ha.org.hk
Research Interest
Female genital tract with particular emphasis on the causes of pathology of the cervix and lower tract as well as assessing the effects of treatment, such as irradiation.
A major interest has been the study of oncogenic viral infections in the lower female genital tract, especially human papillomavirus (HPV) but also including EBV.
Currently the major interest is directed towards finding a means of economically and easily identifying HPV types present in those cases diagnosed by cytology as the Bethesda System entity of Atypical Squamous Cells of Undetermined Significance (ASCUS) or Low Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions (LSIL). If this sizeable number of patients can be divided into one group which is infected with high risk types of HPV and another with low risk type or no HPV, then treatment and follow-up regimes at colposcopy clinics etc., can be better tailored for a given patient and resources used more effectively.
Recent Publication List:
WK Ng, RJ Collins, WH Shek, IOL Ng (1996): Cytologic diagnosis of CASTLE of the thyroid gland: Report of a case with histologic correlation. DIAGNOSTIC CYTOPATHOLOGY 15:224-227
WK Ng, RJ Collins (1997): Diagnostic significance and possible pitfalls of nuclear grooves in extrathyroid cytology. DIAGNOSTIC CYTOPATHOLOGY 16(1):57-64
WK Ng, RJ Collins, D Law, E Gwi (1997): Cutaneous epithelioid angiosarcoma: a potential trap to pathologists. DIAGNOSTIC CYTOPATHOLOGY 16(2):160-166
SSN Lee, RJ Collins, TC Pun, DKL Cheng, HYS Ngan (1998): Conservative treatment of low grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (LSIL) of the cervix. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY 60(1):35-40.
WK Ng, US Khoo, P Ip, RJ Collins (1998): Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology of Myxopapillary Ependymoma: Report of a case and review of the literature. ACTA CYTOLOGICA. 42(4):1022-6.
WK Ng, C Choy, P Ip, WH Shek, RJ Collins (1998): Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology of Epithelial-Myoepithelial Carcinoma of Salivary Gland: Report of three cases and review of the literature. ACTA CYTOLOGICA (accepted).
Lee PS, Mak W, Ip P, RJ Collins (1998): Case report: 'Orbital pseudo-pseudotumour' - a fatal case of steroid-responsive painful ophthalmoplegia. CLIN RADIOL 53(10):774-7
Frable WJ, Austin RM, Greening SE, RJ Collins, Hillman RL, Kobler TP, Koss LG, Mitchell H, Perey R, Rosenthal DL, Sidoti MS, Somrak TM (1998): Medicolegal affairs. International Academy of Cytology Task Force summary. Diagnostic Cytology Towards the 21st Century: An International Expert Conference and Tutorial. ACTA CYTOLOGICA. 42(1):76-119;
Schenck U, Herbert A, Solomon D, Amma NS, RJ Collins, Gupta SK, Jimenez-Ayala M, Kobilkova J, Nielsen M, Suprun HZ (1998): Terminology. International Academy of Cytology Task Force summary. Diagnostic Cytology Towards the 21st Century: An International Expert Conference and Tutorial. ACTA CYTOLOGICA. 42(1):5-15.
Solomon D, Frable WJ, Vooijs GP, Wilbur DC, Amma NS, RJ Collins, Davey DD, Knight BK, Luff RD, Meisels A, Navin J, Rosenthal DL, Sauer T, Stoler M, Suprun HZ, Yamauchi K (1998): ASCUS and AGUS criteria. International Academy of Cytology Task Force summary. Diagnostic Cytology Towards the 21st Century: An International Expert Conference and Tutorial. ACTA CYTOLOGICA 42(1):16-24.