some months; married, nulliparous. The history of menstruation was regular, but with painful periods associated with constipation. On physical examination an oval swelling was evident, the size of a large coconut, centrally situated, projecting half-way to the umbilicus and fluctuating on palpation. The cervix uteri was long and pointed. The uterus could not be differentiated from the tumour. T...

IT CAN no longer be doubted that the mortality from carcinoma of the cervix uteri would virtually be eliminated if it were possible to screen the whole female population at sufficiently frequent intervals. Although deaths from carcinoma of the cervix account for only about one in 20 female cancer deaths (Chief Medical Officer's Report 1964), the peak incidence is at a younger level than that of...

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UNLABELLED Bilateral ovarian metastasis from invasive squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix is a rare phenomenon with very few clinically significant cases described in the literature. Ovarian metastases when present are usually seen in association with bulky, advanced cervical squamous cell carcinomas with extensive involvement of the uterus.We describe a 48 year old woman with clinically norm...