A Pap smear, also known as Papanicoloau smear, is a microscopic examination of cells scraped from the cervix and is used to detect cancerous or pre-cancerous conditions of the cervix or other medical conditions. It was named after Dr. George N. Papanicoloau, who first described it in 1928 and since its introduction, the Pap smear has helped reduce cervical cancer incidence and mortality rates b...

a 25-year-old woman (gravida 2, abortion 1) was admitted to ghaem hospital affiliated to mashhad university of medical sciences at 24 th week of gestation. her chief complaint was bloody show. she had a history of incompetent cervix, with premature labor at 22 nd week of gestation. she was hospitalized with 4 cm dilatation and 50% effacement of cervix at 24 th week of gestation. following bed r...

The clinical and pathological features of 20 patients with coexistent squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma of the uterine cervix have been analyzed. Various combinations of in situ and invasive carcinomas were found. Located adjacent to each other and at times intermingling, these lesions probably originated from the subcolumnar reserve cells of the transformation zone. They are early les...

OBJECTIVE The main aim of this study was to evaluate the awareness of cervix cancer risk factors among Educated Youth with respect to socio demographic factors. MATERIALS AND METHODS A cross-sectional questionnaire survey was carried out among 1268 female undergraduate students in Delhi, Mangalore (India), Pokhara (Nepal) and Kandy (Srilanka) between 25 April 2010 and 20 August 2010 using str...

The histological criteria of uterine cervix lesions are well known. However, there is a poor diagnostic reproducibility especially concerning lowgrade precancerous lesions. Therefore, the aim of our study was to evaluate the utility of p16 overexpression as a surrogate biomarker of precancerous lesions of the uterine cervix. A retrospective study was carried out by the International Center for ...

AIMS To explore the following in a group of carcinoma cervix patients with chronic periodontitis: The possible association of the Human Cytomegalovirus (HCMV) in chronic periodontitis and carcinoma of the cervix by examining the presence of HCMV (Human Cytomegalovirus) in saliva, Gingival Crevicular Fluid (G.C.F.) and in cervical biopsy samples and by comparing the clinical parameters among the...

Preterm birth is the legal first global cause of neonatal death. The cervix has two roles: it has to stay closed to allow the fetus to undergo a normal development during gestation, and at term, the cervix has to dilate under the pressure of uterine contractions to allow the delivery. The purpose of this article is to establish if the ultrasound measured length of the cervix and its appearance ...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the 5-year relative survival rates in gynecological cancers diagnosed and treated in Turkey by year 2009 and to compare the results with developed countries. METHODS Data of patients diagnosed for ovarian, corpus uteri or cervix uteri cancer at year 2009 are collected from 9 national cancer registry centers. Date of deaths are retracted from governmental Identity Info...