background: worldwide, cervical cancer is one of the most challenging gynecologic cancers in treatment. objectives: this study was designed with the aim of comparing patients treated with external beam radiotherapy (ebrt) and interactivity brachytherapy (icbt) with ebrt and extrafascial hysterectomy in locally advanced stages of cervical cancer (iib-iii). patients and methods: the present study...

background cervical cancer is the second most common cancer in women worldwide. recent studies show that human papillomavirus (hpv) dna is present in all cervical carcinomas and in some cervicitis cases, with some geographical variation in viral subtypes. therefore determination of the presence of hpv in the general population of each region can help reveal the role of these viruses in tumors. ...

abstract aims: a few studies concentrate on the level of knowledge of hpv. this study was conducted to evaluate the level of knowledge about hpv, its risk factors, and its relation with cervical cancer in women of kashan city, iran. instrument & methods: this descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in january 2015 in the population of the women of kashan city, iran, and 200 persons were...

conclusions although, the qol in cervical cancer survivors was good, treatment of related symptoms can influence the qol and improve the care of these patients. results cervical cancer survivors stated a good qol. however, its score was negatively associated with symptoms including short breathing, lack of appetite, nausea and vomiting, sleep disorders, peripheral neuropathy, and menopausal sym...

conclusions the high prevalence of hpv in abnormal cytology underlines to the fact that the presence of hpv is a critical factor in the development of cervical cancer. the use of hpv dna techniques could actually become an effective and fast means of ascertaining the presence of hpv in abnormal cytology. results result showed a 100% presence of high risk hpv in all the samples with abnormal cyt...

Epidemiological and experimental studies have provided evidence that human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is a main player in the development of uterine cervical neoplasms. Migration of cancer cells from the origin tissue to surrounding or distant organs is essential for tumor progression. Many studies of tumor invasion and metastases have focused on the degradation of the extracellular matrix ...

Cervical fibroids are rare neoplasms of uterine origin whose management has not been standardized. fibroids, which can be challenging in surgical management, become a difficult problem for the surgeon when neglected or asymptomatic and reach gigantic dimensions. Suspending aorta abdominalis arteria illiaca communis with vascular tapes balloting uterus help vaginal taping while searching correct...

Introduction: Primary malignant melanomas (MM) of the female urogenital tract are extremely rare and aggressive neoplasms. The majority these neoplasms occur in postmenopausal women, originate from vulva vagina, involvement uterus, cervix, ovary is exceedingly uncommon. Case Presentation: We presented a patient with MM uterine first diagnosed punch biopsy lesion, which was distributed cervical ...

Lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma occurring in the reproductive organs is a rare variant of squamous cell carcinoma, and this tumor of the uterine cervix accounts for 0.7% of all primary cervical uterine neoplasms. Associations with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and human papilloma virus (HPV) have been demonstrated in some studies. Some investigators suggested that EBV has an important role in the i...

BACKGROUND According to the definition by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), primary multiple neoplasms are two or more neoplasms of different histopathological build in one organ, or two or more tumors occurring in one patient, regardless of the time of their occurrence (synchronic - up to 6 months, metachronous - after 6 months), coming from an organ or a tissue and not b...