The aim of this study was to investigate the practical utility of endocervicoscopy and targeted biopsy in high-risk human papilloma virus-positive women with abnormal squamous cells on cervical cytology and unsatisfactory colposcopy with nonvisible squamocolumnar junction. Seventy-seven high-risk human papilloma virus-positive patients with abnormal cervical cytology for squamous cells bearing ...

The incidence of human papilloma virus-related vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia is increasing worldwide. This is associated with an increasing incidence of invasive vulvar cancer in young women. Undifferentiated vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia has an invasive potential; a subset of very young patients with pigmented lesions and spontaneous regression has been described. Differentiated vulvar i...

Detection of molecular markers for colorectal neoplasia in feces has the potential to improve performance of simple noninvasive screening tests for colorectal cancer. Most research has explored the value of DNA-based, RNA-based, and protein-based markers. In all cases there has been a trend to move from a single marker to a panel of markers to improve sensitivity. Unfortunately, no type of mole...

OBJECTIVES The objectives of this study were to compare the prevalence of submandibular gland neoplasia in an Asian population with a Western population and to evaluate the accuracy of fi ne needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) and computed tomography (CT) scan in the study of submandibular gland pathologies. MATERIALS AND METHODS We conducted a 10-year retrospective review of 101 submandibular ...

Phvsiological Chemistry of Lipids in Mamumals by Edward J. Masoro is the first of a series of short monographs designed "not only to introduce the student to the fundamentals of biochemistry but also to show how these biochemical principles apply to various areas of mammalian physiology and pathology." The goal is not attained. The first 179 pages present the chemistry of fatty acids, steroids,...